Arabic vocabulary
حَرَنَbecome stubborn in Arabic
حَرَنَ is how you say “become stubborn” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ح ر ن (ḥ-r-n)verb (form I)Pronounced ḥarana
Meaning of become stubborn in Arabic
- to become restive or refractory, balking when urged to run — said of a horse or similar solid-hoofed animal
- to stand still and refuse to move; to draw back — said of a she-camel
- to cling to a place and not leave it; in trade, to deal fairly without over- or under-charging — figurative use
- to separate and loosen cotton with a bow and mallet — a distinct, unrelated technical sense
Classically applied to a horse or camel that balks and refuses to go forward, especially when pressed to run; also used figuratively of sticking stubbornly to a place, and of dealing fairly (neither over- nor under-charging) in a sale. A separate, apparently unrelated sense of the same root covers carding cotton with a bow and mallet.
Words from the same root
- حِرَانٌrestiveness, refusal to move, of a horse
- حَرُونٌa horse that balks, restive
- مِحْرَنٌa mallet used for carding cotton
- مِحْرَانٌhoney
Common questions
- How do you say "become stubborn" in Arabic?
- حَرَنَ (ḥarana) — used of a horse or camel that balks and refuses to move.
- What does حَرُونٌ mean?
- A restive or balking horse (or similar animal), one that stops rather than run when urged.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وَإِنْ فَتَرَ قَائِدُهَا حَرَنَتْ
And if its guide weakens, it becomes stubborn.
حَرَنَتْ — it becomes stubborn. Past-tense verb 'haranat' = 'it balked, refused to move'; '-at' marks feminine 'it'.
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