حَرُونٌ stubborn in Arabic
حَرُونٌ is how you say “stubborn” in Arabic.
Root ح ر ن ḥ-r-n. adjective (epithet applied to a horse or beast). ḥarūn.
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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
Example sentence
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'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
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
- حَرَنَ to balk, stop, be restive
- حِرَانٌ restiveness, refractoriness
- مِحْرَنٌ a mallet used for carding cotton
- مِحْرَانٌ honey
- مَحَارِينُ bees 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.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).