Maʿn
معن
Say it MA-n
Flowing easily
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- m-ʿ-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Maan, Ma’n, Man
Meaning & source
Running easily: Ibn Fāris gives m-ʿ-n as ease in flowing, as water runs.
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[معن] الميم والعين والنون أصلٌ يدلُّ على سهولةٍ في جريان أو جري أو غير ذلك.
Who carried this name
- Maʿn ibn ʿAdī al-Balawī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8176 (vol. 6, p. 151)