حَنَان

HanaAnN HnAn Mercy, compassion, or pity: (S, K:) tenderness of heart; (K;) which is the same; (TA;) as also ↓ Hin~apN , with kesr; (Kr, TA;) for which the vulgar say ↓ Han~iy~ipN : (TA:) and ↓ Han~apN [in like manner] signifies affection, and compassion. (Az, TA.) waHanaAnFA mino ladun~aA , in the Kur [xix. 14], respecting which I 'Ab is related by 'Ikrimeh to have said, I know not what is AlHanaAnu , means And mercy from us. (S, TA.) The Arabs say, HanaAnaka yaA rab~i and HanaAnayoka [I beg thy mercy, O my Lord ]: both signify the same; i. e. raHomataka : (S:) the latter is the expression commonly used: (A 'Obeyd, in a marginal note in a copy of the S:) or [rather] the latter means have mercy on me time after time, and with mercy after mercy: (K, * TA:) it is a dualized inf. n., of which the verb is not expressed; like lab~ayoka and saEodayoka : (TA:) or it means [ let thy mercy be continuous to me; ] whenever I receive mercy and good from Thee, let it not cease, but be conjoined with other mercy from Thee: (ISd, TA:) the dual form is not to be understood as restricting the signification to duality: (Suh, TA:) the word is not used in this form otherwise than as a prefixed noun: (Sb, TA:) but sometimes they said HanFAnFA , in the sing., without prefixing it. (ISd, TA.) They said also, suboHaAna A@ll~`hi waHanaAnayohi meaning [ I extol, or celebrate, or declare, the absolute purity, or perfection, or glory, of God, ] and I beg his mercy; like as they said, suboHaAna A@ll~`hi warayoHaAnahu . (TA.) And HanaAna A@ll~`hi as meaning maEaA*a A@ll~`hi [ I seek the protection, or preservation, of God ]. (K.) ― -b2- Also i. q. rizoqN [ Means of subsistence, &c.]: and barakapN [ a blessing; any good that is bestowed by God; prosperity, or good fortune; increase; &c.]. (K.) ― -b3- A quality inspiring reverence or veneration or respect or honour: (El-Umawee, K:) gravity, staidness, or sedateness. (K.) One says, maAtaraY lahu HanaAnFA Thou seest him not to possess any quality inspiring reverence &c. (El-Umawee, TA.) -A2- Evil, or mischief, long continuing. (K.)

Han~aAnN HnAn One who yearns towards, longs for, or desires, a thing, (K,) and inclines to it. (TA.) [Hence,] Han~aAnapN A woman who remembers a former husband with yearning ( AlHnyn ) and grieving, or moaning, (K, TA,) in tenderness for her children, when they are young, that the husband may maintain them; like A^an~aAnapN : or who yearns towards her former husband, and inclines to him: or who yearns towards her child, or children, by her husband who has separated from her: (TA:) or a woman who yearns towards her former husband, and grieves for him: or who marries, having been divorced, and yearns towards him who has divorced her. (Har p. 569.) And (assumed tropical:) A bow; (K;) [because of the sound made by the twanging of its string;] accord. to AHn, as a proper name; but ISd holds it to be, when thus applied, an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant: (TA:) or a bow that [ twangs, or] makes a sound (S, K) when its string has been pulled and then let go. (S.) And EuwdN Han~aAnN (tropical:) [ A lute that produces plaintive sounds: or] that excites lively emotions of sadness, or of mirth. (TA.) And saHaAbN Han~aAnN (assumed tropical:) Clouds that have [or produce ] a Haniyn [or moaning sound, by their thunder heard from a distance,] like the Haniyn of camels. (TA.) And sahomN Han~aAnN (assumed tropical:) An arrow that produces a sound when thou triest its sonorific quality by turning it round between thy fingers: (AHeyth, K, TA: [in the CK, naqarotuhu is erroneously put for naq~arotahu :]) or that produces a sound when it is turned round ( A^udiyra [or A^udir~a ]) with the ends of the fingers upon the thumbs, by reason of the excellence and compactness of its wood. (TA. [See dar~a Als~ahomu , in art. dr .]) And ximosN Han~aAnN (tropical:) i. q. baAy^iSN [ A hurrying, or hard, journey in which the camels are watered only on the first and fifth days: (in the CK and a MS. copy of the K, erroneously, nAbDN :)] (K, TA) i. e. (As, TA) in which there is a Haniyn [or yearning of the camels] by reason of its quickness; (As, K, TA;) or in which the camels yearn [ towards their accustomed places ] ( taHin~u ) by reason of fatigue. (A, TA.) And TariyqN Han~aAnN (tropical:) A conspicuous road, (S, K, TA,) in which the old camel becomes joyous ( yaHin~u , i. e. yanobasiTu ): or, accord. to the A, a road in which there is [ heard ] a Haniyn [or yearning cry ] of the camels; like TariyqN nah~aAmN meaning a road in which is [heard] a nahiym [or chiding] of camels. (TA.) ― -b2- One who shows favour, or presents a favourable aspect, to him who turns from him, or shuns him. (K.) ― -b3- Merciful, or having mercy. (S.) [Hence,] AlHan~aAnu a name of God; (K;) meaning The Merciful (Aboo-Is-hák, Az, IAth, K) to his servants. (IAth, TA.)

Hin~aAnN HnAn i. q. Hin~aA='N [ Lawsonia inermis, or Egyptian privet, mentioned in art. HnA^ ]; (K;) a dial. var. of the latter: (Fr, Th, TA:) and Hun~aAnN is said to be a pl.; (TA in the present art.;) i. e. of Hin~aA=' , anomalously; or a dial. var. thereof. (TA in art. HnA^ .) [See also what next follows.]