Rizwan Zubair

Root ع و ن ʿ-w-n

Quranic citations in this entry: 5 · اردو

ع و نʿ-w-n

(ن) عَانَ يَعُوْنُ عَوْنًاʿāna yaʿūnu ʿawnan: to be a supporter; to be in the middle. (this verb is not used in the Quran).

عَوَانٌʿawān: (a cow) of middle age, neither old nor young. ﴿عَوَانٌۢ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:68)

مَاعُوْنٌmāʿūn: ordinary household articles which people lend one another as a help. ﴿وَيَمْنَعُوْنَ الْمَاعُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Māʿūn 107:7)

Form III (mufāʿalah) عَاوَنَ يُعَاوِنُ مُعَاوَنَةًʿāwana yuʿāwinu muʿāwanatan: to lend someone a hand; to help (this verb is not used in the Quran).

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَعَانَ يُعِيْنُ اِعَانَةًaʿāna yuʿīnu iʿānatan: to support, to help. ﴿فَاَعِيْنُوْنِيْ بِقُوَّةٍ﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:95)

Form VI (tafāʿul) تَعَاوَنَ يَتَعَاوَنُ تَعَاوُنًاtaʿāwana yataʿāwanu taʿāwunan: to help one another. ﴿وَتَعَاوَنُوْا عَلَي الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوٰى﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:2)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَعَانَ يَسْتَعِيْنُ اِسْتِعَانَةًistaʿāna yastaʿīnu istiʿānatan: to ask for help. ﴿اِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَاِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ﴾ (Al-Fātiḥah 1:5); مُسْتَعَانٌmustaʿān (passive participle, ism mafʿūl): one whose help is sought.

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