إِهَانَةٌ disgrace in Arabic
إِهَانَةٌ is how you say “disgrace” in Arabic.
Root ه و ن h-w-n. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form IV). ihānah.
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Meaning of disgrace in Arabic
- humiliation, abasement the act of lowering or degrading someone; rendering them abject, vile, or contemptible
- contempt, disgrace holding someone in mean or light estimation; despising or making light of them
Example sentence
ولباس الذل وإهانة الْعَدو وضيق الصَّدْر
And the clothing of humiliation, the enemy's scorn, and tightness of the chest.
وَإِهَانَةُ and disgrace
wa- = 'and'; ihana means 'humiliating, disgracing', heading the next 'of…' word.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
إهانة is the verbal noun of the form IV verb أَهَانَ, 'to abase or humiliate.' The same root هون also yields هَيِّنٌ/هَيْنٌ 'easy, light' — the root's core idea of something being 'light' covers both a trivial, easy matter and a person or thing held in low, contemptible regard.
Words from the same root
- هَانَ to be low, base, or contemptible; also to be easy and light
- أَهَانَ to abase, debase, or humiliate; to despise (the verb إهانة is derived from)
- هَوَّنَ to make (a matter) easy or light for someone
- هَيِّنٌ easy, light; also of little worth
- أَهْوَنُ easier, lighter (comparative)
- مُهَانٌ despised, held in mean estimation
- تَهَاوَنَ to hold (something) in contempt, to make light of it
Common questions
- How do you say "disgrace" in Arabic?
- إِهَانَةٌ (ihānah).
- What root does إهانة come from, and how is it related to هيّن ("easy")?
- Both come from the root هون (h-w-n). إهانة is the verbal noun of أَهَانَ 'to abase/humiliate,' while هَيِّنٌ 'easy, light' reflects the same root's underlying sense of lightness — of effort or of esteem.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).