دخن
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دخن¹
- /da.xa.na/
Where it comes from
Denominal verb of دُخَان (duḵān, “smoke”).
verb دَخَنَ · daḵana · يَدْخَنُ · يَدْخُنُ · يَدْخِنُ · دَخْن
- to smoke (emit smoke; for example of a chimney, a fire)
دخن²
- /da.xi.na/
verb دَخِنَ · daḵina · يَدْخَنُ · دَخَن · دَخِن
- to be smoky (to taste or smell of smoke, or filled with smoke)
- to be smoke-colored (of a pot, etc.)
- to be bad, to be corrupt (e.g. of one's character, mind or morals)
دخن³
- /dax.xa.na/
verb دَخَّنَ · daḵḵana · يُدَخِّنُ · تَدْخِين · مُدَخِّن
-
to smoke (tobacco, etc.)
هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي التَّدْخِين؟
Similar: شَرِبَ
دخن⁴
- /da.xan/
noun دَخَن · daḵan · الدَّخَن · دَخَنٌ
- smoke, damp
دخن⁵
- /duxn/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Aramaic דּוֹחַן (doḥan, “millet”), from Akkadian 𒌅𒄴𒉡 (/duḫnu; tuḫnu/, “millet”), ultimately from a variation of Proto-Semitic *ṭaḥan-/*ṭaḥaḥ- (“to grind, to pound, to crush, to break down into pieces; especially of corn”), found in طَحَّ (ṭaḥḥa, “to scrape, to grate, to remove an outside surface, to make flakes or powder, to break down into pieces”). Doublet of طَحَنَ (ṭaḥana, “to grind, to mill”) and cognate with Classical Syriac ܕܽܘܚܢܴܐ (duḥnā, “millet”) and Hebrew דֹּחַן (doḥan, “millet”). There is no direct connection to Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂ although a distant relation has been suggested.
noun دُخْن · duḵn · الدُّخْن · دُخْنٌ
- pearl millet
In English
- smoke to give off smoke
- millet any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food
- pearl millet Pennisetum glaucum
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title = {دخن},
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