هاون

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ه و ن (h-w-n).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

هاون (hâvan)

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

References

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