Ḥ-S-N

Triconsonantal root of many Arabic words, meaning good, beautiful

Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح-س-ن) is the triconsonantal root of many Arabic words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "good", "handsome" or "beautiful".[1][citation needed] This root occurs 194 times in the Qur'an, in 12 derived forms.[2] The root is also used in the Hebrew word חסון meaning strong sturdy or handsome.

Usage

Medicine

  • Vaccine used for the construct or absolute of vaccine
  • Strong (defense) used for someone whose defense system in the body is strong

Names

  • Hassan, given name
  • Hassan, surname
  • Hussein, given name and surname
  • Muhsin, given name

References

  1. ^ Islamic names Annemarie Schimmel 1989
  2. ^ Quran dictionary
  • The dictionary definition of حسن at Wiktionary
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