حصن

See also: حضن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Morphologically from the root ح ص ن (ḥ-ṣ-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħisˁn/

Noun

حِصْن (ḥiṣn) m (plural حُصُون (ḥuṣūn) or حِصَنَة (ḥiṣana) or أَحْصَان (ʾaḥṣān))

  1. stronghold, fortress, entrenchment
    أَبُو ٱلْحِصْنِʾabū l-ḥiṣnifox
  2. armor
  3. weapons
  4. destruction, annihilation
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Morphologically from the root ح ص ن (ḥ-ṣ-n).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħu.sˁun/

Noun

حُصُن (ḥuṣun) m pl

  1. plural of حِصَان (ḥiṣān)

References

  1. Upton, Roger D. (1881). Travels in the Arabian Desert.
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