حسن

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حسن¹

verb حَسُنَ · ḥasuna · يَحْسُنُ · حُسْن · حَسَن

  1. to be or become good, to better, to improve

    Opposite: سَاءَ, قَبُحَ

  2. to be or become pleasant or agreeable
  3. intransitive to be or become beautiful, to beautify

    Similar: جَمُلَ · Opposite: قَبُحَ

حسن²

Where it comes from

Causative form II verb derived from the form I verb حَسُنَ (ḥasuna, “to be good”).

verb حَسَّنَ · ḥassana · يُحَسِّنُ · تَحْسِين · مُحَسِّن

  1. to improve, to ameliorate, to better, to polish, to embellish
  2. to perfect
  3. to prettify, to beautify, to adorn, to make attractive
  4. to bedeck, to ornament, to decorate, to deck out, to garnish
  5. to shape up, tidy up (hair or beard)
  6. to apply cosmetics, to put on makeup
  7. to amend
  8. to fake

حسن³

noun حُسْن · ḥusn · الْحُسْن · حُسْنٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna) (form I)
  2. goodness
  3. prettiness, beauty, loveliness, shapeliness, comeliness, gorgeousness, pulchritude
  4. handsomeness
  5. charm, charms, glamor
  6. glory
  7. nicety, fineness, grace, gracefulness, foppery
  8. fineness, efficiency, efficacy

حسن⁴

  • /ħa.san/

adjective حَسَن · ḥasan · حَسَنَة · حِسَان · أَحْسَن

  1. good, fine, well
  2. agreeable, pleasant, nice, well-favored
  3. pretty, beautiful, lovely, comely, sightly, shapely, gorgeous, fair
  4. handsome, good-looking, magnificent
  5. well-turned
  6. radiant, glad, charming
  7. graceful, fine, dainty
  8. okay, all right
  9. Hasan, acceptable

proper noun حَسَن · ḥasan · -

  1. a male given name, Hasan and Hassan
  2. Ḥasan ibn ʕaliyy, the grandson and a revered companion of Muhammad, and the 2nd Shia Imam.

In English

  • good acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions
  • better to improve
  • nice pleasant, satisfactory
  • gracefulness the state of being graceful
  • improve to make something better
  • amend to make better
  • Hasan male given name
  • shapely having a pleasing shape
  • sugarcoat to give a falsely pleasant appearance

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حسن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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