صحن

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Semitic, related to the root ص ف ح (ṣ-f-ḥ). Akin to Ge'ez ጻሕል (ṣaḥl, bowl, jar, pan), Hebrew צֵלָחָת (ṣelāḥāṯ, pot), Hebrew צַלַּחַת (ṣallaḥáṯ, dish, bowl), Aramaic צְלֹוחִיתָא / ܨܠ݀ܿܘܚܺܝܬܐ (ṣlōẖīṯā, jar).

Noun[edit]

صَحْن (ṣaḥnm (plural صُحُون (ṣuḥūn) or أَصْحُن (ʔaṣḥun) or صِحَان (ṣiḥān) or أَصْحَان (ʔaṣḥān))

  1. bowl, plate
  2. dish, plate, meal
  3. a kind of brass cymbal
  4. interior, middle
    1. courtyard
    2. interior hollow part of a hoof
  5. cavity of the ear
  6. gift
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ص ح ن (ṣ-ḥ-n). Denominal from صَحْن (ṣaḥn, bowl) in the second sense.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

صَحَنَ (ṣaḥana) I, non-past يَصْحَنُ‎ (yaṣḥanu) (Classical Arabic)

  1. strike, beat
  2. give, present something in a bowl (to acc. someone)
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

صِحْنَ (ṣiḥna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of صَاحَ (ṣāḥa)
  2. third-person feminine plural past active of صَاحَ (ṣāḥa)

References[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Noun[edit]

صحن

  1. Arabic spelling of səhn

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.ħan/, /sˤa.ħin/

Noun[edit]

صحَن or صحِن (ṣaḥan or ṣaḥinm (plural صحون (ṣuḥūn))

  1. plate

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

صحن

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn, bowl, plate, dish).

Noun[edit]

صحن (sahn) (plural صحون (suhun))

  1. dish, plate, especially a round and shallow one, with a knobbed cover
    Synonym: طبق (tabak)
  2. (architecture) courtyard, an open area, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings
  3. (architecture) terrace, esplanade, any clear, level space used for public walks or drives

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Pashto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Noun[edit]

صحن (transliteration neededm

  1. courtyard

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? sahn
Dari reading? sahn
Iranian reading? sahn
Tajik reading? sahn

Noun[edit]

Dari صحن
Iranian Persian
Tajik саҳн

صحن (sahn)

  1. courtyard

Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Noun[edit]

صَحْن (ṣaḥnm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਹਨ)

  1. courtyard

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “صَحن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Noun[edit]

صحن (sahanum (Devanagari सहनु)

  1. courtyard

Further reading[edit]

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “صَحَنُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • صحن”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sˤaħn/, [ˈsˤɑ.ħ(ɪ)n]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

صحن (ṣaḥnm (plural صحون (ṣḥūn))

  1. plate, dish

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

صَحْن (ṣaḥn, vulg. ṣaḥanm (Hindi spelling सहन)

  1. courtyard

Further reading[edit]

  • صحن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “صحن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • صحن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.