Arabic edit

Root
ح س ن (ḥ-s-n)

Noun edit

اِسْتِحْسَان (istiḥsānm

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَحْسَنَ (istaḥsana) (form X)
  2. approval, consent
  3. acclaim
  4. discretion
  5. (Islam law) application of discretion in a legal decision

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حسن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN