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Form 1حَانَ7 senses · 1 main
maṣdarحِينٌ حَيْنٌmuḍāriʿيَحِينُ

Core sense — its time came, or drew near; he died, or perishedgenerated

1.1the time came, or drew near, for him to do such a thing—حَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا

Or حان حِينُهُ: it, or its time or season, drew near, or was at hand; and its time came. [Maṣdar as in the examples that follow.]

Muḍāriʿ as above; synonym آنَ.

the time of prayer came; or the prayer drew near—حَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ

Maṣdars حَيْنٌ, حِينٌ, and حَيْنُونَةٌ.

1.1.1the ears of corn became dry, so that the time of reaping them drew near—حان السُّنْبُلُ
1.1.2the soul died, or perished—حان حَيْنُ النَّفْسِ
1.1.3he (a man) died, or perished—حان

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1.1.4

He experienced a trial, or trying affliction; a meaning pointed to but not stated outright.

1.1.5

Also, muḍāriʿ as above: it (anything) was not set, or brought, to the right way, course, or direction; the same is said of تحيّن.

1.1.6

It also means the same as اِتَّفَقَ [it happened, etc.].

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, (Msb, K,) or حان حِينُهُ , (S,) aor. يَحِينُ , (S, Msb,) [inf. n. as in the exs. following,] It, (Msb, K,) or its time, or season, (S,) was, or became, or drew, near; or was at hand: (S, Msb, K:) and its time came. (Msb, K. *) You say, حَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا , aor. as above, inf. n. حِينٌ [and as in the next ex.], The time came, or drew near, for him to do, or that he should do, such a thing; syn. آنَ . (S.) And حَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. حَيْنٌ and حِينٌ and حَيْنُونَةٌ , The time of prayer came: (Msb:) or the prayer was, or became, or drew, near. (TA.) حان السُّنْبُلُ The ears of corn became dry, (K, TA,) so that the time of the reaping thereof came, or drew near. (TA.) حان حَيْنُ النَّفْسِ The soul died, or perished. (TA.) And حان , inf. n. حَيْنٌ , He (a man) died, or perished. (S.) He experienced a trial, or trying affliction. (K: a meaning indicated therein, but not expressed.) Also, (Az, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. حَيْنٌ , (Az, TA,) It (anything) was not accomodated, adapted, or disposed, to the right way or course or direction; (Az, K, TA;) as also تحيّن . (K.) And i. q. اِتَّفَقَ [It happened, &c.]. (Har p. 382.)
Form 2حيّنهُ4 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَحْيِينٌ

Core sense — he appointed a time for him, or for itgenerated

2.1they appointed a time for their guests—حَيَّنُوا ضُيُوفَهُمْ

he assigned, or appointed, a time for him, or for it.

أَحَانُوهُمْ has the same meaning.

2.1.1he set a time for the she-camel, in every day and night, at which he should milk her—حيّن النَّاقَةَ

Also تَحَيَّنَهَا, said when one milks her once in the day and night.

As: تَحْيِينٌ is like تَوْجِيبٌ [milking a camel only once in the course of each day and night], but is said only after she has shown herself to be pregnant and her milk has become little in quantity.

2.2

He (God) made him, or it, not to be set, or brought, to the right way, course, or direction.

2.2.1

See also form 4.

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, [inf. n. تَحْيِينٌ ,] He assigned, or appointed, for him, or it, a time. (K.) حَيَّنُوا ضُيُوفَهُمْ and أَحَانُوهُمْ have the same meaning [app. They assigned, or appointed, a time for their guests]. (TA.) حيّن النَّاقَةَ He appointed for the she-camel a time in every day and night in which he should milk her; (S, K;) as also تَحَيَّنَهَا ; (K;) said when one milks her in the day and night once: As says that تَحْيِينٌ is like تَوْجِيبٌ [the milking a camel but once in the course of each day and night]; but is only after she has shown herself to be pregnant, and her milk has become little in quantity. (TA.) He (God) made him, or it, to be not accommodated, adapted, or disposed, to the right way or course or direction. (K) See also 4.
Form 3مُحَايَنَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — bargaining, or hiring, for a certain timegenerated

3.1he contracted with him for work for a certain time—عَامَلَهُ مُحَايَنَةً

These are the maṣdars of حَايَنَ.

Like مُسَاوَعَةً from الحِينُ, meaning الوَقْتُ.

he contracted with him for work for a certain time—حِيَانًا
he hired him, or took him as a hired man, for a certain time—اِسْتَأْجَرَهُ مُحَايَنَةً
he hired him, or took him as a hired man, for a certain time—حِيَانًا
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[are the inf. ns. of حَايَنَ ]. You say, عَامَلَهُ مُحَايَنَةً (S, K) and حِيَانًا (Lh, TA) [He bargained or contracted with him for work for a certain time]; like مُسَاوَعَةً ; (S, K;) from الحِينُ meaning الوَقْتُ . (Lh, TA.) And in like manner, اِسْتَأْجَرَهُ مُحَايَنَةً (TA) and حِيَانًا (Lh, TA) [He hired him, or took him as a hired man or a hireling, for a certain time].
Form 4احان7 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the time came, or drew near; God caused him to diegenerated

4.1

The same as أَزْمَنَ [that is, time, or a long time, passed over him, or it; he, or it, lasted for a time, or for a long time].

4.1.1he remained, stayed, or dwelt, for a time in a place—أَحْيَنَ
4.1.2the time came, or drew near, for the camels to be milked; or for their loads to be bound on them—أَحْيَنَتِ الإِبِلُ

AA. [In the CK, يُعْلَمَ is put by mistake for يُعْكَمَ.]

4.1.3the time of what they desired, or sought, came, or drew near, to the company of men—أَحْيَنَ القَوْمُ

Also: the time of their attaining what they hoped for came, or drew near, to them.

4.2

As a transitive verb: see form 2.

4.2.1God caused him to die, or destroyed him—احانهُ ٱللّٰهُ

Also حيّنهُ, maṣdar تَحْيِينٌ; only the maṣdar is given there.

4.2.2

God tried him, or afflicted him with a trial; a meaning pointed to but not stated outright.

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i. q. أَزْمَنَ [i. e. Time, or a long time, passed over him, or it; he, or it, endured, or continued, for a time, or for a long time]. (TA.) أَحْيَنَ He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, (S, K,) for a time in a place. (S.) أَحْيَنَتِ الإِبِلُ The time came, or drew near, for the camels to be milked: or for the camels to have their loads bound upon them. (AA, K. [In the CK, يُعْلَمَ is erroneously put for يُعْكَمَ .]) أَحْيَنَ القَوْمُ The time of what they desired, or sought, came, or drew near, to the company of men: (K:) the time of their attainment of what they hoped for came, or drew near, to them. (IAar, TA.) As a trans. verb: see 2. احانهُ ٱللّٰهُ God caused him to die, or destroyed him; (S;) as also حيّنهُ , inf. n. تَحْيِينٌ . (KL: but only the inf. n. is there given.) God tried him, or afflicted him with a trial. (K: a meaning indicated therein, but not expressed.)
Form 5تحيّن4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he watched for the time of a thinggenerated

5.1he watched for the time of the food—تحيّن الطَّعَامَ

Said of a sponger: he watched for the time of eating, so that he might come in.

Mentioned under حَضِرٌ.

I watched for the time of seeing such a one—تَحَيَّنْتُ رُؤْيَةَ فُلَانٍ
he sought to know the time of prayer—تحيّن وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ

According to Freytag's Lexicon, استحان has a similar meaning: he waited for the right time of a thing; he put a thing off until the fit time.

5.1.1

تحيّن النَّاقَةَ: see form 2.

5.2

See also form 1.

5.3

When used to mean اِسْتَغْنَى, it is a vulgar word.

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, said of spunger ( وَارِش ), He watched for the time of eating, in order that he might enter. (S.) And تحيّن الطَّعَامَ [He watched for the time of the food]. (K voce حَضِرٌ .) And تَحَيَّنْتُ رُؤْيَةَ فُلَانٍ I watched for the time of seeing such a one. (TA.) And تحيّن وَقْتَ الصَّلَاةِ He sought [to know] the time of prayer. (TA.) [And accord. to Freytag's Lex., استحان has a similar meaning; i. e. He waited for the just time of a thing; delayed a thing till the fit time.] تحيّن النَّاقَةَ : see 2. See also 1. As meaning اِسْتَغْنَى , it is a vulgar word. (TA.)
Form 10إِسْتَحْيَنَ1 sense

Core sense — he watched for the right time of a thinggenerated

10.1

See form 5.

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see 5.

Derived nouns 14

Nounحَيْنٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — death, destruction; the appointed time of death; a trying afflictiongenerated

1

Death; a state of destruction or ruin: or the time of the appointed term of life; or the time of death.

1.1

A trial, or trying affliction.

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Death; a state of destruction or perdition: (S, K, TA:) or the time of the appointed term [of life]; or time of death. (Har p. 322.) A trial, or trying affliction. (K.)
Nounحِينٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — time; a space or period of time; a season; an appointed termgenerated

1such a one does so at times, or sometimes—فُلَانٌ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا أَحْيَانًا

The same as دَهْرٌ [time; a time; a space, or period, of time; etc.]: or, according to Esh-Sháfiʿee, time from the beginning of the world to its end, and so also دَهْرٌ (Az, under the word دَهْرٌ).

Or a time in a vague sense, applying to any time, little or much, long or short, which may be a year and more; or, in some cases, particularly forty years; or seven years; or two years; or six months; or two months; or any morning and evening.

Also a space of time, as in the Qur'an 76:1 and 37:178; and a continuous time; and the day of resurrection, or the coming to pass of the resurrection, as in the last verse of chapter 38.

Or it has two meanings: a time of unknown limit, and also, as in the Qur'an 14:30, six months.

Er-Rāghib: the time of a thing's arriving, or coming, and happening; it has a vague meaning, and is made specific by the word to which it is prefixed.

Some say that it is used in different ways: of an appointed term, such as that to which God makes one live; of a year, as in the Qur'an 14:30; of the time when an event takes place, as in the Qur'an 30:16; and of time absolutely.

According to El-Munáwee, in the genuine language of the Arabs it is applied to the time of a glance of the eye, and to more than that, up to time without end.

The plural is أَحْيَانٌ, and the plural of that plural is أَحَايِينُ.

such a one does so at times, or sometimes—فِى الأَحَايِينِ

In the Qur'an 14:30, تُؤْتِى أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ means [which yields its fruit] every six months; or every year; or every morning and evening; or, according to Az, in every season, without interruption.

the time, or season, of a thing—مِحْيَانُ شَىْءٍ

That is, حِينُهُ.

for a time, or season—إِلَى حِينٍ
at one time; sometime; for a while—حِينًا
I stood at the time when you stood—قُمْتُ حِينَ قُمْتَ

Here حِينَ is an adverbial noun of time. [See also an example in a verse cited under خَشَفَ and the remarks added there.]

In its place one may well use لَمَّا, إِذَا, إِذْ, مَتَى, سَاعَةَ, and وَقْتَ, and the like; but not حَيْثُ, as many have said, for that is an adverbial noun of place.

Qur’ān 37:178 approximate — somewhere between 37:107 and 37:182 Lane cites “Kur xxxvii. 178”
Qur’ān 14:25 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xiv. 30”
Qur’ān 14:25 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xiv. 30”
Lane cites “Kur xxx. 16” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
Qur’ān 37:178 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

So turn thou away from them for a little while,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1at that time; then—حِينَئِذٍ

When the time of speaking and the time spoken of are made distant from each other, this is done by means of إذ.

Sometimes the ء is suppressed and ى is put in its place.

1.2it is not, or was not, a time of such a thing—لَا تَحِينَ

Sometimes تَ is prefixed to حِينَ.

This is generally written لَاتَ حِينَ, as in the Qur'an 38:2 [on which see the article ليت].

Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee says: [the persons who return to the attack when there is none other that returns to the attack, as is said in the article عطف; or it may mean who act affectionately at the time when there is none other that acts affectionately; and the feeders at the time when it is said, Where is the feeder?]

shāhid 1
اَلْعَاطِفُونَ تَحِينَ مَا مِنْ عَاطِفٍوَالمُطْعِمُونَ زَمَانَ أَيْنَ المُطْعِوُ

ISd: ت is thus prefixed to حين, as it is in تَلَانَ, meaning الآنَ.

IB: Ibn-Es-Seeráfee cites the first hemistich thus, with the ه of pausation:

shāhid 2
اَلْعَاطِفُونَهْ حِينَ مَامِنْ عَاطِفٍ

Some say that the ه of pausation is likened to the feminine ة and is then given the vowel fet-h. [See more in the article ليت.]

Qur’ān 38:3 approximate — somewhere between 38:1 and 38:6 Lane cites “Kur xxxviii. 2”
Qur’ān 38:3 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ

How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.3

See also حِينَةٌ, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences حِين 4 shown of 33
26:218
ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),

37:174
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

So turn thou away from them for a little while,

37:178
وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

So turn thou away from them for a little while,

56:84
وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ

And ye the while (sit) looking on,-

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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i. q. دَهْرٌ [Time; or a time; or a space, or period, of time; &c.]: (K:) or, accord. to EshSháfi'ee, time, from the beginning of the world to its end; as also دَهْرٌ : (Az voce دَهْرٌ :) or a time, (Az, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) in a vague sense, (Mgh, K,) applicable to any time, (Az, K,) little or much, (Mgh, Msb,) long or short, that may be a year and more: or [in some cases] particularly meaning forty years: or seven years: or two years: or six months: or two months: or any morning and evening: (K:) also a space of time; (S, K;) as in the Kur lxxvi. I, (S,) and in the Kur xxxvii. 178: (K:) and a continuous time: (Ham p. 381:) and the day of resurrection; (K;) or the coming to pass of the resurrection; as in the Kur xxxviii. last verse: (Mgh, TA:) or it has two meanings; namely, a time of unknown limit, and also, as in the Kur xiv. 30, six months: (Fr, Msb:) accord. to Er-Rághib, the time of a thing's arriving, or coming, and happening; having a vague meaning, and rendered particular, or special, by that to which it is prefixed: some say that it occurs applied in different ways: to an appointed term; as that to which God makes one to live: and a year; as in the Kur xiv. 30: and to the time when an event takes place; as in the Kur xxx. 16: and to time absolutely: accord. to El-Munáwee, in the [genuine] language of the Arabs, it is applied to [the time of] a glance of the eye, and more than that, to time without end: (TA:) the pl. is أَحْيَانٌ , (S, Msb, K,) and pl. pl. أَحَايِينُ ; (S, * K;) as in the saying, فُلَانٌ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا أَحْيَانًا and فِى الأَحَايِينِ [Such a one does so at times, or sometimes]. (S.) In the Kur [xiv. 30], تُؤْتِى , أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ means [Which yieldeth its fruit] every six months: (Fr, Msb, TA:) or every year: or every morning and evening: or, accord. to Az, in every season, uninterruptedly. (TA.) مِحْيَانُ شَىْءٍ , also, means حِينُهُ [The time, or season, of a thing]. (K.) [You say, إِلَى حِينٍ For a time, or season.] And حِينًا At one time; sometime; at some time; awhile. (Mgh.) حِينَ in the phrase قُمْتُ حِينَ قُمْتَ [I stood in the time when thou stoodest, or I stood when thou stoodest,] is an adv. n. of time; (Msb;) [see also an ex. in a verse cited voce خَشَفَ , and the remarks there subjoined:] and one may well employ in its place لَمَّا and إِذَا (Msb, TA) and إِذْ and مَتَى and سَاعَةَ (TA) and وَقْتَ (Msb, TA) and the like; but not, as many have said, حَيْثُ ; for this is an adv. n. of place. (Msb.) When they make the two times to be distant, the one from the other, [i. e. the time of speaking and the time spoken of,] they do so by means of إذ , and thus, (K,) they say حِينَئِذٍ [meaning At that time; then]: (S, K:) and sometimes they suppress the ء , substituting for it ى . (TA.) Sometimes, also, they prefix تَ to حِينَ ; (S, TA;) and say لَا تَحِينَ , meaning It is not, or was not, a time [of such a thing; but this is generally written لَاتَ حِينَ ]; as in the Kur xxxviii. 2 [respecting which see art. ليت ]. (TA.) Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee says, 1 [The persons who return to the attack when there is none other that returns to the attack, (as is said in the S and L in art. عطف ,) or it may mean who act affectionately in the time when there is none other that acts affectionately; as is said in the L in that art.;) and the feeders in the time when it is said, Where is the feeder?]: (S:) ISd says that ت is thus prefixed to حين like as it is in تَلَانَ meaning الآنَ : but IB says that Ibn-Es-Seeráfee cites the former hemistich thus: 2 [with the ه of pausation]: and some say that the ه of pausation is likened to the fem. ة , and is then made movent with fet-h. (TA. [See more in art. ليت .]) اَلْعَاطِفُونَ تَحِينَ مَا مِنْ عَاطِفٍ | وَالمُطْعِمُونَ زَمَانَ أَيْنَ المُطْعِوُ اَلْعَاطِفُونَهْ حِينَ مَامِنْ عَاطِفٍ See also حِينَةٌ , in two places.
Nounحَانَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a shop where wine is sold, a taverngenerated

1

See the article حون.

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: see art. حون .
Nounحَيْنَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the time appointed for milking a she-camelgenerated

1

See what follows next.

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Nounحِينَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the time appointed for milking a she-camel in every day and nightgenerated

1when is the time of the milking of your she-camel?—مَتَى حِينَةُ نَاقَتِكَ

[The time appointed for a she-camel to be milked in every day and night;] a noun from حَيَّنَ النَّاقَةَ, as also حِينٌ.

how many times is she milked?—كَمْ حِينَتُهَا
he eats once in the day and the night—يَأْكُلُ الحِينَةَ
he eats once in the day and the night—الحَيْنَةَ

Said of a man.

Aboo-ʿAmr Ez-Záhid: الوَجْبَة is used of a man's eating once in the day, and الحينة of a she-camel's being milked once in the day.

I do not meet him except from time to time—مَا أَلْقَاهُ إِلَّا الحِينَةَ بَعْدَ الحِينَةَ

That is, بَعْدَ الحِينِ الحِينَ; meaning occasionally.

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[The time appointed for a she-camel to be milked in every day and night;] a subst. from حَيَّنَ النَّاقَةَ ; as also حِينٌ : you say, مَتَى حِينَةُ نَاقَتِكَ , meaning When is the time of the milking of thy she-camel? and كَمْ حِينَتُهَا , meaning How many times is she milked? (K.) One says also, of a man, (S,) يَأْكُلُ الحِينَةَ and الحَيْنَةَ , meaning He eats once in the day and the night: (S, K:) or, accord. to Aboo-'Amr Ez-Záhid, الوَجْبَة is used as meaning a man's eating once in the day, and الحينة as meaning a she-camel's being milked once in the day. (IB, TA.) And one says, مَا أَلْقَاهُ إِلَّا الحِينَةَ بَعْدَ الحِينَةَ , i. e. بَعْدَ الحِينِ الحِينَ [I do not meet him save time after time; meaning, occasionally]. (K.)
Nounحَانَاةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a shop where wine is sold, a taverngenerated

1

See the article حنو.

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: see art. حنو .
Nounحَانُوتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a shop; a shop where wine is soldgenerated

1

See the articles حون and حنو.

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: see arts. حون and حنو .
Nounحَانِيَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wine-seller's shop, a taverngenerated

1

See the article حنو.

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: see art. حنو .
Nounحَانِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — of, or belonging to, a seller of winegenerated

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See the article حنو.

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: see art. حنو .
Nounحَانِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — wine; of a wine-seller's shopgenerated

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See the articles حون and حنو.

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: see arts. حون and حنو .
Nounحَائِنٌ1 sense

Core sense — stupid, foolish, having little or no understandinggenerated

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Stupid; foolish; or having little, or no, intellect or understanding.

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Stupid; foolish; or having little, or no, intellect, or understanding. (K.)
Nounحَائِنَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a deadly, destructive calamity that befalls onegenerated

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A deadly, or destructive, calamity that befalls one: a calamity in which there is الحَيْن.

Plural حَوَائِنُ.

[In the CK it is, in one place, wrongly put for حَانِيَّةٌ as meaning “wine.”]

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A deadly, or destructive, calamity that befalls one: (K, TA:) a calamity in which is الحَيْن : (TA:) pl. حَوَائِنُ . (K.) [In the CK it is, in one place, erroneously substituted for حَانِيَّةٌ , as meaning “ wine. ”]
Nounمَحُونَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a trial, or trying afflictiongenerated

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Mentioned under the article محن; it is from الحَيْنُ or المِحْنَةُ.

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[mentioned in the K in art. محن ] is from الحَيْنُ or المِحْنَةُ . (TA.)
Nounمِحْيَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a time, or seasongenerated

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See its synonym حينٌ.

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: see its syn. حينٌ .