Arabic for grind, pulverize

TaHana

ﻃَﺤَﻦَ

grind, pulverize – past tense he

yaTHanu

ﻳَﻄﺤَﻦُ

grind, pulverize – present tense he

The Arabic verb for grind, pulverize is written ﻃَﺤَﻦَ and pronunced TaHana in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻄﺤَﻦُ and pronounced yaTHanu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻁ ﺡ ﻥ

The root of the word grind, pulverize consists of three Arabic letters: Ta that is written ﻁ and pronounced T, Ha that is written ﺡ and pronounced H and nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to grind, pulverize

The word grind, pulverize letter by letter

ﻃَﺤَﻦَ

ﻃـ

ـﺤـ

ـﻦ

ﻃـ

ـﺤـ

ـﻦ

ﻁ

ﻃـ

ـﻄـ

ـﻂ

ﺡ

ﺣـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺢ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

nun

The Arabic word for grind, pulverize consists of: The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ﻃـ ) and pronounced T and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ـﺤـ ) and pronounced H and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻦ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻃَﺤَﻦَ and pronounced TaHana.

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The pattern for grind, pulverize

fa3ala becomes TaHana

We have seen that the Arabic word for grind, pulverize is written ﻃَﺤَﻦَ and pronounced TaHana. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are T, H and n, the word becomes TaHana.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns