كَهَانَة
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Highlights
Plural
كَاهِنُون
Other plurals
كُهَّان، كَهَنَة
Feminine
كَاهِنَة
كَاهِن in English
Noun · masculine
- diviner, soothsayer, prognosticator, fortune-teller, augur, forecaster
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ 40 These are the words of a noble messenger. 41 They are not the sayings of a poet. How little you believe! 42 They are not the sayings of a diviner. How seldom you remember!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:40-42
- priest
Word origin
Derived from the active participle of كَهَنَ (kahana, “to predict the future”), from the root ك ه ن (k h n). Compare Biblical Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kōhḗn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Aramaic כָּהֲנָא (kāhănā) and Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ.
Words from the root ك-ه-ن
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
كَهَنَ
· present يَكْهَنُ
Form I · The plain action
to divine, to foretell, to predicate, to speculate
تَكَهَّنَ
· present يَتَكَهَّنُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to divine, to foretell, to predicate, to speculate
تَكَهُّن
مُتَكَهِّن
مُتَكَهَّن
كِهَانَة
art of foretelling
كَهَنُوت
priesthood
كَاهِن: plural and other forms
| Singular | كَاهِن |
|---|---|
| Plural | كَاهِنُون |
| Alternative plurals | كُهَّان، كَهَنَة |
| Feminine | كَاهِنَة |
كَاهِن in a sentence
Dictionary examples
diviner
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ 40 These are the words of a noble messenger. 41 They are not the sayings of a poet. How little you believe! 42 They are not the sayings of a diviner. How seldom you remember!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:40-42
From a fully vowelled text
وَبَعْدَهُ رَمَّمَ الْكَهَنَةُ أَهْلُ الْغَوْرِ.And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.Nehemiah 3:22, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ: يَدَعْيَا بْنُ يُويَارِيبَ وَيَاكِينُ،Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.Nehemiah 11:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَمِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ: يَدْعِيَا وَيَهُويَارِيبُ وَيَاكِينُ،And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,1 Chronicles 9:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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