حَرَنَ become stubborn in Arabic
حَرَنَ is how you say “become stubborn” in Arabic.
Root ح ر ن ḥ-r-n. verb (form I). ḥarana.
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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
Example sentence
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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How it is used
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
- حِرَانٌ restiveness, refusal to move, of a horse
- حَرُونٌ a horse that balks, restive
- مِحْرَنٌ a mallet used for carding cotton
- مِحْرَانٌ honey
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.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).