خدن
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of أَخٌ دَانٍ (ʔaḵun dānin), literally “close brother”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
خِدْن • (ḵidn) m or f (plural أَخْدَان (ʔaḵdān)) (countable, archaic)
- a close friend, an intimate
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:friend
- an amorous companion, a boyfriend or girlfriend; a bedmate
Declension edit
Declension of noun خِدْن (ḵidn)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | خِدْن ḵidn |
الْخِدْن al-ḵidn |
خِدْن ḵidn |
Nominative | خِدْنٌ ḵidnun |
الْخِدْنُ al-ḵidnu |
خِدْنُ ḵidnu |
Accusative | خِدْنًا ḵidnan |
الْخِدْنَ al-ḵidna |
خِدْنَ ḵidna |
Genitive | خِدْنٍ ḵidnin |
الْخِدْنِ al-ḵidni |
خِدْنِ ḵidni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | خِدْنَيْن ḵidnayn |
الْخِدْنَيْن al-ḵidnayn |
خِدْنَيْ ḵidnay |
Nominative | خِدْنَانِ ḵidnāni |
الْخِدْنَانِ al-ḵidnāni |
خِدْنَا ḵidnā |
Accusative | خِدْنَيْنِ ḵidnayni |
الْخِدْنَيْنِ al-ḵidnayni |
خِدْنَيْ ḵidnay |
Genitive | خِدْنَيْنِ ḵidnayni |
الْخِدْنَيْنِ al-ḵidnayni |
خِدْنَيْ ḵidnay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَخْدَان ʔaḵdān |
الْأَخْدَان al-ʔaḵdān |
أَخْدَان ʔaḵdān |
Nominative | أَخْدَانٌ ʔaḵdānun |
الْأَخْدَانُ al-ʔaḵdānu |
أَخْدَانُ ʔaḵdānu |
Accusative | أَخْدَانًا ʔaḵdānan |
الْأَخْدَانَ al-ʔaḵdāna |
أَخْدَانَ ʔaḵdāna |
Genitive | أَخْدَانٍ ʔaḵdānin |
الْأَخْدَانِ al-ʔaḵdāni |
أَخْدَانِ ʔaḵdāni |
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:خدن.
Alternative forms edit
- خَدِين (ḵadīn)
Derived terms edit
- خُدْنَة (ḵudna, “one who associates with people as their خِدْن (ḵidn) much”)
- أَخْدَن (ʔaḵdan, “provided with أَخْدَان (ʔaḵdān)”)
- خَادَنَ (ḵādana, “to be private friends with”)
References edit
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 398
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “خدن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 468a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “خدن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 548b–549a
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “خدن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 712
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “خدن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 268a