Arabic vocabulary
حَرُونٌstubborn in Arabic
حَرُونٌ is how you say “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)adjective (epithet applied to a horse or beast)Pronounced ḥarūn
Meaning of stubborn in Arabic
- restive, refractory, balking — said of a horse or similar beast that stops or resists when urged to run
- a wild animal that clings to the mountain heights — of game that will not leave the highest part of the mountain
Classically used of a horse or solid-hoofed animal that halts or refuses to advance when its rider wants it to run, i.e. stubborn or balky rather than merely disobedient.
Words from the same root
- حَرَنَto balk, stop, be restive
- حِرَانٌrestiveness, refractoriness
- مِحْرَنٌa mallet used for carding cotton
- مِحْرَانٌhoney
- مَحَارِينُbees stuck in the honeycomb
Common questions
- How do you say "stubborn" in Arabic?
- حَرُونٌ (ḥarūn) — used of a horse or beast that balks and refuses to move forward.
- What is the root of حَرُونٌ?
- The root ح ر ن (ḥ-r-n), whose verb حَرَنَ means to balk or stop stubbornly, especially of a horse.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وَالْعَمَلَ سَائِقٌ وَالنَّفْسَ حَرُونٌ
And action is a driver, and the soul is stubborn.
حَرُونٌ — stubborn. 'harun' describes an animal that balks and refuses to move; here 'stubborn'.
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