زين

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Form 1زَانَهُ1 sense

maṣdarزَيْنٌmuḍāriʿيَزِينُهُ

Core sense — he, or it, adorned, decorated, or graced him, or itgenerated

1.1he, or it, adorned, decorated, decked, embellished, beautified, or graced him, or it—زيّنهُ

the maṣdar of that form is تَزْيِينٌ; and أَزَانَهُ and أَزْيَنَهُ, which is its original form, maṣdar إِزَانَةٌ, all have the same meaning.

it adorned him, graced him, or was an honour to him—زَانَهُ

Said of a quality, an action, or a saying; the opposite of شَانَهُ. Sometimes it means it was his pride.

he adorned it; he embellished it, dressed it up, or trimmed it—زيّنهُ

In the sense of embellishing, said of language. Also: he embellished, or dressed up, an action and the like to another person; often said in this sense of the Devil, that is, he commended it to him.

such a thing adorned him, or graced him—زَانَهُ كَذَا

Said when a person's excellence فَضْلُهُ — as I read for فعله, an evident mistranscription — appears either by speech or by action.

such a thing adorned him, or graced him—زيّنهُ

God's adorning of things—تَزْيِينُ ٱللّٰهِ لِلْأَشْيَآءِ

Er-Rāghib: this is sometimes by His creating them مُزَيَّنَة, that is, adorned.

the adorning of men—تَزْيِينُ النَّاسِ

beauty adorned, or graced, him, or it—زَانَهُ الحُسْنُ

Er-Rāghib: this is by their abundance of property and by their speech, that is, by their extolling Him.

Mejnoon says: [And, O my Lord, since You have made Leylà to be to me the object of love, then grace me to her eyes as You have graced her to me]

shāhid

فَيَا رَبِّ إِذْ صَيَّرْتَ لَيْلَى لِىَ الهَوَىفَزِنِّى لِعَيْنَيْهَا كَمَا زِنْتَهَا لِيَا

In the S, مِنَ الهَوى stands in place of لِىَ الهَوَى. The reading in the S means "of the objects of love", since هَوًى, being originally a maṣdar, may be used alike as singular and plural.

the setting off, or commending, of a commodity in selling—تَزْيِينُ السِّلْعَةِ فِى البَيْعِ

This is allowed if there is no concealment of a fault, or defect, from the purchaser, and no lying in the attribution and description of the article.

Qur’ān 6:43 approximate — somewhere between 6:31 and 6:62 Lane cites “Kur vi. 43”

Qur’ān 6:43 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

فَلَوْلَآ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا۟ وَلَـٰكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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, (S, MA, Msb, K,) aor. يَزِينُهُ , (Msb,) inf. n. زَيْنٌ ; (MA, Msb, KL, TA;) and زيّنهُ , (S, MA, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَزْيِينٌ ; (Msb, KL, TA;) and أَزَانَهُ , (Msb, K,) and أَزْيَنَهُ , (K,) which is its original form, (TA,) inf. n. إِزَانَةٌ ; (Msb;) signify the same; (S, MA, Msb, K;) He, or it, adorned, ornamented, decorated, decked, bedecked, garnished, embellished, beautified, or graced, him, or it. (MA, KL, PS: [and the like is indicated in the S and Msb and K.]) [ زَانَهُ said of a quality, and of an action, and of a saying, is best rendered It adorned him, or graced him, or was an honour to him; contr. of شَانَهُ ; as is indicated in the S and K: and sometimes means it was his pride: and زيّنهُ means as expl. above: and he embellished it, dressed it up, or trimmed it; said in this sense as relating to language: and he embellished it, or dressed it up, namely, an action &c. to another ( لِغَيْرِهِ ); often said in this sense of the Devil; (as in the Kur vi. 43, &c.;) i. e. he commended it to him:] زَانَهُ كَذَا and زيّنهُ [Such a thing adorned him, &c.,] are expl. as said when one's excellence [ فَضْلُهُ , as I read for فعله , an evident mistranscription,] appears either by speech or by action: and تَزْيِينُ ٱللّٰهِ لِلْأَشْيَآءِ [God's adorning, &c., of things] is sometimes by means of his creating them مُزَيَّنَة [i. e. adorned, &c.]; and تَزْيِينُ النَّاسِ [The adorning, &c., of men], by their abundance of property, and by their speech, i. e. by their extolling Him. (Er-Rághib, TA.) One says, زَانَهُ الحُسْنُ [Beauty adorned, or graced, him, or it]. And Mejnoon says, 1 [And, O my Lord, since Thou hast made Leylà to be to me the object of love, then grace Thou me to her eyes like as Thou hast graced her to me]. (S, TA: but in the former, مِنَ الهَوى in the place of لِىَ الهَوَى . [The reading in the S means of the objects of love: for هَوًى , being originally an inf. n., may be used alike as sing. and pl.]) تَزْيِينُ السِّلْعَةِ فِى البَيْعِ [means The setting off, or commending, of a commodity in selling; and] is allowed, if without concealment of a fault, or defect, from the purchaser, and without lying in the attribution and description of the article. (TA.) فَيَا رَبِّ إِذْ صَيَّرْتَ لَيْلَى لِىَ الهَوَى | فَزِنِّى لِعَيْنَيْهَا كَمَا زِنْتَهَا لِيَا

Form 2زَيَّنَ1 sense

Core sense — he adorned him, or it; he embellished itgenerated

2.1

See above, in six places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2 1 shown of 26

37:6

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,-

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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see above, in six places.

Form 4أَزَانَهُ2 senses

Core sense — he adorned, decorated, or graced him, or itgenerated

4.1

See form 1, first sentence.

4.2

See also the paragraph that follows here.

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: see 1, first sentence. See also the paragraph here following.

Form 5تزيّن2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he, or it, became adorned, decorated, or graced; he adorned himselfgenerated

5.1he, or it, was, or became, adorned, decorated, decked, embellished, or graced—اِزْدَانَ

It is of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ, originally اِزْتَيَنَ and then اِزْتَانَ. Both this and the headword are quasi-passive verbs, the headword of زَيَّنَهُ and the other of زَانَهُ.

he, or it, became adorned, decorated, or graced—اِزَّيَّنَ

A variation of the first, originally تَزَيَّنَ: the ت is made sākin and incorporated into the ز, and the ا is prefixed so that the beginning may be complete.

he, or it, became adorned, decorated, or graced—ازيانّ

he, or it, became adorned, decorated, or graced—ازينّ

the earth, or land, became adorned with its herbage—أَزْيَنَتِ الأَرْضُ بِعُشْبِهَا

Perhaps a mistranscription for اِزْيَنَّتِ.

the earth, or land, became adorned with its herbage—اِزَّيَّنَت

Originally تَزَيَّنَت, as explained above. In Kur 10:25 some read تَزَيَّنَت and some ازيانّت.

when the Tenth Mansion of the Moon rises at dawn, the palm-tree becomes garnished with ripening dates—إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الجَبْهَةُ تَزَيَّنَتِ النَّخْلَةُ

الجبهة is the Tenth Mansion of the Moon. It rose in this way in central Arabia, about the beginning of the era of the Flight, on 12 August, Old Style; and in that region the dates begin to ripen at, or soon after, that time.

it was embellished, dressed up, or trimmed—تزيّن

Said of language. Said of an action and the like, it means it was embellished, or dressed up, that is, commended, to a person by another man, and more commonly by the Devil.

Qur’ān 10:24 approximate — somewhere between 10:16 and 10:61 Lane cites “Kur x. 25”

Qur’ān 10:24 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَـٰدِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَىٰهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

5.1.1he adorned, decorated, or decked himself—تزيّن

he invested himself with what did not belong to him—تزيّن بِالبَاطِلِ

Mentioned in art. شبع.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 5

10:24

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and اِزْدَانَ , (S, K,) the latter of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ , [originally اِزْتَيَنَ , and then اِزْتَانَ ,] (S,) quasi-pass. verbs, [the former of زَيَّنَهُ and the latter of زَانَهُ ,] (K,) signify the same; (S;) [He, or it, was, or became, adorned, ornamented, decorated, decked, bedecked, garnished, embel-lished, beautified, or graced;] as also اِزَّيَّنَ , (S, * K,) [a variation of the first, being] originally تَزَيَّنَ , the ت being made quiescent, and incorporated into the ز , and the ا being prefixed in order that the inception may be perfect; (S, TA;) and ازيانّ ; and ازينّ . (K.) One says, أَزْيَنَتِ الأَرْضُ بِعُشْبِهَا [perhaps a mistranscription for اِزْيَنَّتِ The earth, or land, became adorned, &c., with, or by, its herbage]; as also اِزَّيَّنَت , originally تَزَيَّنَت [as expl. above]; (S;) and some, in the Kur x. 25, read تَزَيَّنَت ; and some, ازيانّت . (Bd.) And they said, إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الجَبْهَةُ تَزَيَّنَتِ النَّخْلَةُ [When الجبهة (the Tenth Mansion of the Moon) rises aurorally, the palm-tree becomes garnished with ripening dates: that Mansion thus rose in central Arabia, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, on the 12th of August, O. S; and in that region, at, or soon after, that period, the dates begin to ripen]. (TA.) [ تزيّن is said of language, as meaning It was embellished, dressed up, or trimmed: and of an action &c., as meaning it was embellished, or dressed up, i. e. commended, to a person, by another man, and, more commonly, by the Devil.] And تزيّن also signifies He adorned, ornamented, decorated, decked, &c., himself. (MA, KL.) [Hence,] تزيّن بِالبَاطِلِ [He invested himself with that which did not belong to him]. (S and TA in art. شبع .)

Form 8اِزْدَانَ1 sense

Core sense — it became adorned, decorated, or gracedgenerated

8.1

Originally اِزْتَيَنَ. See the paragraph just before this, first sentence.

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, originally اِزْتَيَنَ : see the next preceding paragraph, first sentence.

Form 9إِزْيَنَّ1 sense

Core sense — it became adorned, decorated, or gracedgenerated

9.1

See form 5, each in two places.

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see 5, each in two places.

Form 11إِزْيَاْنَّ1 sense

Core sense — it became adorned, decorated, or gracedgenerated

11.1

See form 5, each in two places.

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see 5, each in two places.

Derived nouns 14

Nounزَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — adorning, gracinggenerated

See art. زون.

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: see art. زون .

Nounزَيْنٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a grace, a beauty, a comely quality; an adornment, an honour; the comb of a cockgenerated

Used both as a maṣdar and as a simple noun. It is the opposite of شَيْنٌ as a simple noun, and is the same as زِينَةٌ.

Commonly: a grace; a beauty; a comely quality; a physical, and also a mental, adornment; an honour, or a credit; and anything that is the pride, or glory, of a person or thing. In these senses it is the opposite of شَيْنٌ.

Plural أَزْيَانٌ.

1.1my face is comely and your face is ugly—وَجْهِى زَيْنٌ وَوَجْهُكَ شَيْنٌ

Az says he heard a boy of the tribe called Benoo-'Okeyl say this to another.

That is, وَجْهِى ذُو زَيْنٍ وَوَجْهُكَ ذُو شَيْنٍ: my face has comeliness and your face has ugliness, the maṣdars being used as adjectives, as one says رَجُلٌ صَوْمٌ and عَدْلٌ.

1.2

Also the comb of the cock.

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[as an inf. n., and also as a simple subst.,] is the contr. of شَيْنٌ : (S, Msb, K:) [as a simple subst.,] i. q. زِينَةٌ , q. v.: (Har p. 139:) [and commonly signifying A grace; a beauty; a comely quality; a physical, and also an intel-lectual, adornment; an honour, or a credit; and anything that is the pride, or glory, of a person or thing: in these senses contr. of شَيْنٌ :] pl. أَزْيَانٌ . (K.) Az says, I heard a boy of [the tribe called] Benoo- 'Okeyl say to another, وَجْهِى زَيْنٌ وَوَجْهُكَ شَيْنٌ , meaning My face is comely and thy face is ugly; for وَجْهِى ذُو زَيْنٍ وَوَجْهُكَ ذُو شَيْنٍ [my face is possessed of comeliness and thy face is possessed of ugliness]; using the inf. ns. as epithets; like as one says رَجُلٌ صَوْمٌ and عَدْلٌ . (TA.) Also The comb of the cock. (S.)

Nounزَانَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an adornment, a thing with which one is adornedgenerated

Mentioned in this article in the K. See art. زون.

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[mentioned in this art. in the K]: see art. زون .

Nounزِينَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an ornament, an adornment; finery, show; a thing with which one adorns himselfgenerated

1a thing with which one is adorned, or with which one adorns himself; any ornament, decoration, embellishment, or grace—مَا يُتَزَيَّنُ بِهِ

The noun from زَانَهُ.

an ornament, adornment, or grace—زِيانٌ

an ornament, adornment, or grace—زَيْنٌ

It means the same as زِينَةٌ.

El-Harállee: زِينَةٌ denotes the means of beautifying, or embellishing, a thing by another thing, consisting of apparel, or an ornament of gold or silver or of jewels or gems, or aspect. Some say it is the beauty seen of the eye that does not reach to the interior of the thing adorned by it.

Er-Rāghib: its proper meaning is a thing that does not disgrace a man, or make him seem unseemly, in any of his states or conditions, either in the present world or in the world to come; but that which adorns him in one state or condition and not in another is in one respect شَيْنٌ. In sum it is of three kinds: mental, such as knowledge or science and good tenets; bodily, such as strength, tallness of stature, and beauty of aspect; and external, such as wealth, and rank or station or dignity. All of these are mentioned in the Kur.

The plural is زِيَنٌ.

the ornature, finery, show, pomp, or gaiety of the present life, or world—زِينَةُ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا

Or simply زِينَةُ الدُّنْيَا; it particularly includes wealth and children (Kur 18:44).

the ornature of the earth: the plants, or herbage, of the earth—زِينَةُ الأَرْضِ

the day of ornature: the festival—يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ

It is also the day of the breaking of the dam a little within the entrance of the canal of Misr — here meaning the present capital of Egypt, El-Káhireh, which we call "Cairo" — the canal that runs through the middle of Misr, whose dam is broken when the Nile has reached the height of sixteen cubits or more. This day is said to be meant in Kur 20:61. It is one of the days kept in Egypt with the greatest gladness and rejoicing from ancient times, and its observance in the days of the Fátimees was such as is hard to imagine, as described in the "Khitat" of El-Makreezee. The modern observances of this day, and of other days relating to the rise of the Nile, are described in my work on the Modern Egyptians.

That is, العِيدُ, when men used, and still use, to adorn themselves with fine articles of apparel.

Qur’ān 18:46 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xviii. 44”

Qur’ān 20:58 approximate — somewhere between 20:1 and 20:61 Lane cites “Kur xx. 61”

Lane cites “Bd in x. 25” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ān 18:46 Lane quotes this verse

ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا

Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences زِينَة 1 shown of 17

37:6

إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ

We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,-

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, the subst. from زَانَهُ , (Msb,) signifies مَا يُتَزَيَّنُ بِهِ [i. e. A thing with which, or by which, one is adorned, ornamented, decorated, decked, bedecked, garnished, embellished, beautified, or graced; or with which, or by which, one adorns, &c., himself]; (T, S, K;) any such thing; (T, TA;) [any ornament, ornature, decoration, garnish, embellishment, or grace;] and so زِيانٌ ; (K;) and زَيْنٌ , also, [which see above,] signifies the same as زِينَةٌ : (Har p. 139:) accord. to El- Harállee, زِينَةٌ denotes the [means of] beautifying, or embellishing, a thing by another thing; consisting of apparel, or an ornament of gold or silver or of jewels or gems, or aspect: or, as some say, it is the beauty [seen] of the eye that does not reach to the interior of that which is adorned [thereby]: accord. to Er-Rághib, its proper mean- ing is a thing that does not disgrace, or render unseemly, a man, in any of his states or conditions, either in the present world or in that which is to come: but that which adorns him in one state or condition, exclusively of another, is in one point of view شَيْنٌ : summarily speaking, it is of three kinds; namely, mental, such as knowledge or science, and good tenets; and bodily, such as strength, and tallness of stature, and beauty of aspect; and extrinsic, such as wealth, and rank or station or dignity; and all these are mentioned in the Kur: (TA:) the pl. is زِيَنٌ . (Bd in x. 25.) زِينَةُ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا [or simply زِينَةُ الدُّنْيَا generally means The ornature, finery, show, pomp, or gaiety, of the present life or world; and] particularly includes wealth and children. (Kur xviii. 44.) زِينَةُ الأَرْضِ [The ornature of the earth] means the plants, or herbage, of the earth. (TA.) يَوْمُ الزِّينَةِ [The day of ornature] is the festival ( العِيدُ ); (S, K;) when men used [and still use] to adorn themselves with goodly articles of apparel. (TA.) And also The day of the breaking [of the dam a little within the entrance] of the canal of Misr [here meaning the present capital of Egypt, El-Káhireh, which we call “ Cairo ”], (K, TA,) i. e. the canal which runs through the midst of Misr, and [the dam of] which is broken when the Nile has attained the height of sixteen cubits or more: this day is said to be meant in the Kur xx. 61: it is one of the days observed in Egypt with the greatest gladness and rejoicing from ancient times; and its observance in the days of the Fátimees was such as is inconceivable, as it is described in the “ Khitat ” of El-Makreezee. (TA. [The modern observances of this day, and of other days in relation to the rise of the Nile, are described in my work on the Modern Egyptians.])

Nounقَمَرٌ زَيَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — beautiful, said of the moongenerated

A beautiful moon.

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A beautiful moon. (K.)

Nounزِيَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — an ornament, an adornmentgenerated

See زِينَةٌ.

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: see زِينَةٌ .

Nounزِيَانَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the trade, or occupation, of the barbergenerated

The art, or occupation, of the مُزَيِّن; so in the present day.

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[ The art, or occupation, of the مُزَيِّن : so in the present day.]

Nounزَائِنٌ1 sense

Core sense — adorned, decorated, or gracedgenerated

See the last paragraph in this article.

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: see the last paragraph in this art.

Nounمُزَيَّنٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — adorned, decorated; having the hair trimmed, or clippedgenerated

See مُتَزَيِّنٌ.

1.1

Also, applied to a man: having his hair trimmed, clipped, or shaven, by the مُزَيِّن.

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: see مُتَزَيِّنٌ . [Also,] applied to a man, Having his hair trimmed, or clipped, [or shaven, by the مُزَيِّن .] (S, TA.)

Nounمُزَيِّنٌ2 senses

Core sense — a cupper; a barbergenerated

1a cupper, who is generally a barber—حَجَّامٌ

This word is now commonly applied to the barber as well, as it is also in the MA.