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خ د ن

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2
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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root خدن. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

خادنهُ خادن خادنه خادننه خادنة , (S, K,) inf. n. مُخَادَنَةٌ , (Mgh, TA,) He was, or became, his خِدْن [or friend; or his secret, or private, friend; &c.]: (JK, S, K, TA:) he associated, or kept company, with him as a friend: (Mgh:) or [simply] he associated, or kept company, with him. (TA.) ― -b2- مُخَادَنَةٌ also signifies The contracting of the eyes (Mgh, JM, TA) in holding amatory and enticing talk, or conversation, with another, the latter doing the same. (Mgh, JM.) ― -b3- The saying of certain of the lawyers, (JM,) لَا يَجُوزُ شَهَادَةَ صَاحِب الغِنَا=ءِ الَّذِى يُخَادِنُ عَلَيْهِ means The testimony of the singer who has made singing to be his habitual occupation, or means of subsistence, and thereby associates as a خِدْن with people, and collects them to him, is not allowable. (Mgh, JM.)

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خِدْنٌ خدن (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ خَدِينٌ (S, K) A friend: (S, TA:) or a secret, or private, friend; a friend in secrecy or privacy: (Mgh, Msb, and Ksh and Bd in iv. 29:) or a companion, or an associate, who converses, or talks, with one: (M, TA:) or [simply] a companion, or an associate: (K:) but accord. to Er-Rághib, mostly used as meaning an amorous companion or associate; a companion, or an associate, affected with sensual appetency: (TA:) the former is applied alike to the male and the female: (Ksh and Bd in v. 7:) and ↓ the latter signifies also one who is thy friend, &c., ( مَنْ يُخَادِنُكَ , K,) and who is with thee, (TA,) in every affair, or case, open and secret: (K:) pl. (of the former, S, Mgh, Msb) أَخْدَانٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, TA) and [of the latter] خُدَنَا=ءُ . (TA.) Hence, خِدْنُ الجَارِيَةِ [The friend, &c., of the girl]: (S:) or he who converses, or talks, with the girl. (JK.) It is said in the Kur [iv. 29], وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ أَخْدَانٍ , (S,) meaning [Nor taking to themselves] friends [or associates] to commit fornication with them in secret. (Jel.) العُلَى ↓ خَدِينُ is a metaphorical expression, used by a poet, [meaning (tropical:) Lover of eminence,] like عَشِيقُ العُلَى . (TA.)

خُدَنَةٌ خدن خدنه خدنة One who associates with men as their خِدْن [or friend, or secret friend, &c.,] ( يُخَادِنُ النَّاسَ ) much. (S, K.)

خَدِينٌ خد خدين : see خِدْنٌ , in three places.

أَخْدَنُ Having أَخْدَان [or friends, or secret friends, &c.]. (TA.)

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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Women 4:25Quranic text

وَمَنلَّمْيَسْتَطِعْمِنكُمْطَوْلًاأَنيَنكِحَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِفَمِنمَّامَلَكَتْأَيْمَٰنُكُممِّنفَتَيَٰتِكُمُٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِوَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِإِيمَٰنِكُمبَعْضُكُممِّنۢبَعْضٍفَٱنكِحُوهُنَّبِإِذْنِأَهْلِهِنَّوَءَاتُوهُنَّأُجُورَهُنَّبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِمُحْصَنَٰتٍغَيْرَمُسَٰفِحَٰتٍوَلَامُتَّخِذَٰتِأَخْدَانٍفَإِذَآأُحْصِنَّفَإِنْأَتَيْنَبِفَٰحِشَةٍفَعَلَيْهِنَّنِصْفُمَاعَلَىٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِمِنَٱلْعَذَابِذَٰلِكَلِمَنْخَشِىَٱلْعَنَتَمِنكُمْوَأَنتَصْبِرُوا۟خَيْرٌلَّكُمْوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ

Reference 4:25
The Table 5:5Quranic text

ٱلْيَوْمَأُحِلَّلَكُمُٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُوَطَعَامُٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَحِلٌّلَّكُمْوَطَعَامُكُمْحِلٌّلَّهُمْوَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُمِنَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِوَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُمِنَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَمِنقَبْلِكُمْإِذَآءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّأُجُورَهُنَّمُحْصِنِينَغَيْرَمُسَٰفِحِينَوَلَامُتَّخِذِىٓأَخْدَانٍوَمَنيَكْفُرْبِٱلْإِيمَٰنِفَقَدْحَبِطَعَمَلُهُۥوَهُوَفِىٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِمِنَٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

Reference 5:5

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