Ḥanīn
حَنِين
Say it ha-NEEN
Longing, yearning
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ḥ-n-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Haneen, Hanin
Meaning & source
Longing: “al-ḥanīn is yearning and the soul’s craving”; it is also the cry of a she-camel yearning for her young.
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والحَنِينُ: الشَّوْقُ وتَوَقانُ النَّفس، والمَعْنَيان مُتَقَارِبَانِ، حَنَّ إِلَيْهِ يَحِنُّ حَنِيناً فَهُوَ حانٌّ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.