حنك

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See also: خنک, چنگ, خنگ, جنک, and جنگ

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew חֵךְ (ḥēḵ), Aramaic חִכָּא /‎ ܚܸܟܿܵܐ (ḥekkā, palate). See the root ح ن ك (ḥ-n-k) for explanation how further meanings of this root are related to the mouthpart idea.

Noun

حَنَك (ḥanakm (plural أَحْنَاك (ʔaḥnāk))

  1. palate, palatum durum
  2. jaw[1]
    Synonym: فَكّ (fakk)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

حَنَكَ (ḥanaka) I, non-past يَحْنِكُ or يَحْنُكُ‎ (yaḥniku or yaḥnuku)

  1. to put to the palate
  2. to attain experience, to become trained, to gain discipline
  3. to comprehend, to conceive

Conjugation

Verb

حَنَّكَ (ḥannaka) II, non-past يُحَنِّكُ‎ (yuḥanniku)

  1. to attain experience, to become trained, to gain discipline
  2. to rub the palate
    • وَضَعَهُ فِي حَجْرِه ثُمَّ دَعَا بِتَمْرَةٍ فَمَضَغَهَا ثُمَّ تَفَلَ فِي فِيهِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَىْءٍ دَخَلَ جَوْفَهُ رِيقُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ حَنَّكَهُ بِالتَّمْرَةِ ثُمَّ دَعَا لَهُ وَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ فِي الإِسْلَامِ
      waḍaʕahu fī ḥajrih ṯumma daʕā bitamratin famaḍaḡahā ṯumma tafala fī fīhi fakāna ʔawwala šāʔin daḵala jawfahu rīqu rasūli l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama ṯumma ḥannakahu bi-t-tamrati ṯumma daʕā lahu wabarraka ʕalayhi wakāna ʔawwala mawlūdin wulida fī l-ʔislāmi
      He placed him on his lap then called for a date and then chewed it and then spat into him and the first thing that went into his stomach was the spittle of God’s messenger, then he rubbed his palate with the date, then he called for him and blessed him, and it was the first child born in Islam.

Conjugation

Noun

حَنْك (ḥankm

  1. verbal noun of حَنَكَ (ḥanaka) (form I)

Declension

Noun

حُنْك (ḥunkm

  1. prudence, being seasoned, sophistication, resourcefulness, discretion, wisdom, acumen

Declension

References

  1. ^ Tʻazpazean, Žorž (1960) “حنك”, in Baṙaran Araberēn Hayerēn [Arabic–Armenian Dictionary], Beirut: ATLAS Press, page 102