South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Intensive adjective of the stative verb حزن (ḥizin, “to get sad”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ħaz.naːn/, [ˈħaz.næːn]
Adjective[edit]
حزنان • (ḥaznān) (feminine حزنانة (ḥaznāne), common plural حزنانين (ḥaznānīn))
- sad (of people)
- Synonym: حزين (ḥazīn)
- Antonyms: مبسوط (mabsūṭ), فرحان (farḥān)
- grieving, in mourning
See also[edit]
- زعلان (zaʕlān, “angry, annoyed; upset, distressed”)
- كئيب (kaʔīb, “gloomy, depressed”)