محسن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Morphologically from the root ح س ن (ḥ-s-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ħas.sin/

Adjective

مُحَسِّن • (muḥassin) (feminine مُحَسِّنَة (muḥassina), masculine plural مُحَسِّنُونَ (muḥassinūna), feminine plural مُحَسِّنَات (muḥassināt))

  1. active participle of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana).
Declension

Noun

مُحَسِّن • (muḥassin) m (plural مُحَسِّنَات (muḥassināt))

  1. embellisher
  2. (in the plural) cosmetics
Declension

Etymology 2

Morphologically from the root ح س ن (ḥ-s-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ħas.san/

Adjective

مُحَسَّن • (muḥassan) (feminine مُحَسَّنَة (muḥassana), masculine plural مُحَسَّنُونَ (muḥassanūna), feminine plural مُحَسَّنَات (muḥassanāt))

  1. passive participle of حَسَّنَ (ḥassana).
Declension

Etymology 3

Morphologically from the root ح س ن (ḥ-s-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muħ.sin/

Adjective

مُحْسِن • (muḥsin) (feminine مُحْسِنَة (muḥsina), masculine plural مُحْسِنُونَ (muḥsinūna), feminine plural مُحْسِنَات (muḥsināt))

  1. active participle of أَحْسَنَ (ʔaḥsana).
  2. beneficent, charitable
Declension

Proper noun

مُحْسِن • (muḥsin) m

  1. a male given name, Muhsin
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: Möhsün
  • Bengali: মহসিন (mohośin)
  • Persian: محسن (mohsen)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُحْسِن (muḥsin).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mo̞ɦ.sɪ́n]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.sɪ́n]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.sín]

Readings
Classical reading? muhsin
Dari reading? mohsin
Iranian reading? mohsen
Tajik reading? mühsin

Proper noun

Dari محسن
Iranian Persian
Tajik Мӯҳсин

محسن • (mohsen)

  1. a male given name, Mohsen, Muhsin, or Mohsin, from Arabic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محسن (muhsin, mohsin), from Arabic مُحْسِن (muḥsin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُحْسِن • (mohsin) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मोहसिन)

  1. beneficent

Noun

مُحْسِن • (mohsin) m (Hindi spelling मोहसिन)

  1. benefactor, patron

Proper noun

مُحْسِن • (mohsin) m (Hindi spelling मोहसिन)

  1. a male given name, Mohsin, from Arabic

Further reading

  • محسن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • محسن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محسن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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