Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ه و ن (h-w-n)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

هَاوَنَ (hāwana) III, non-past يُهَاوِنُ‎ (yuhāwinu)

  1. to be engaged in what is easy, to do what one finds brings ease or is easiest to do, to be one without stress or only doing what comes easy
  2. to be self-indulgent, to adopt an epicurean mindset, to engage in contemptible or trifling activities
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (hʾwn' /⁠hāwan⁠/, mortar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

هَاوُن (hāwunm (plural أَهْوَان (ʔahwān) or هَوَاوِين (hawāwīn))

  1. mortar (tool used with a pestle)
    Synonyms: مِهْرَاس (mihrās), جُرْن (jurn), نِجْر (nijr)
  2. mortar (weapon)
Declension edit
References edit
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hāwan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43

Persian edit

 
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یک هاون یونانی برنزی و دسته‌اش
Mortar and Pestle from bronze alloy, Greece.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hʾwn' /⁠hāwan⁠/, mortar).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? hāwan
Dari reading? hāwan
Iranian reading? hâvan
Tajik reading? hovan

Noun edit

هاون (hâvan)

  1. mortar (tool used with pestle).
  2. (by extension) pestle and mortar.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hāwan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43