Arabic vocabulary
إِهَانَةٌdisgrace in Arabic
إِهَانَةٌ is how you say “disgrace” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ه و ن (h-w-n)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form IV)Pronounced ihānah
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
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
- هَانَto be low, base, or contemptible; also to be easy and light
- أَهَانَto abase, debase, or humiliate; to despise (the verb إهانة is derived from)
- هَوَّنَto make (a matter) easy or light for someone
- هَيِّنٌeasy, light; also of little worth
- أَهْوَنُeasier, lighter (comparative)
- مُهَانٌdespised, held in mean estimation
- تَهَاوَنَto 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.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
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.
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