Arabic word sheet
أُذُنٌ
Ear
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ء ذ ن
Meaning and usage
Ear
The organ of hearing, in people and in animals.
أُذُنُ الطِّفْلِ تُؤْلِمُهُ.
The child's ear hurts him.
Handle
By likeness, the ear-shaped part by which a vessel is held: the handle of a cup, of a bucket.
أَمْسَكَتْ سَلْمَى الْكُوبَ مِنْ أُذُنِهِ.
Salma held the cup by its handle.
One who listens to everything (classical)
Figuratively, in the classical language, a person who lends an ear to whatever he is told and readily believes it.
الْجَارُ أُذُنٌ يُصَدِّقُ كُلَّ خَبَرٍ.
The neighbour listens to whatever he is told: he believes every piece of news.
Plural
آذَانٌ
Word family
What the root means ء ذ ن
The basic verb means to give ear, to listen to someone; the ear is the organ of that act. From listening favourably came the sense of allowing, hence the word for permission.
to listen; to permit
أَذِنَ
permission
إِذْنٌ
little ear
أُذَيْنَةٌ
Synonyms
handle, loop
عُرْوَةٌ
Matches only the sense 'handle': any loop by which an object is held or fastened, with nothing to do with hearing.