استحسان

Arabic

Root
ح س ن (ḥ s n)
14 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَحْسَنَ (istaḥsana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tiħ.saːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

اِسْتِحْسَان • (istiḥsān) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَحْسَنَ (istaḥsana) (form X)
2. approval, consent
3. acclaim
4. discretion
5. (Islam law) application of discretion in a legal decision

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِحْسَان istiḥsān	الِاسْتِحْسَان al-istiḥsān	اِسْتِحْسَان istiḥsān
Nominative	اِسْتِحْسَانٌ istiḥsānun	الِاسْتِحْسَانُ al-istiḥsānu	اِسْتِحْسَانُ istiḥsānu
Accusative	اِسْتِحْسَانًا istiḥsānan	الِاسْتِحْسَانَ al-istiḥsāna	اِسْتِحْسَانَ istiḥsāna
Genitive	اِسْتِحْسَانٍ istiḥsānin	الِاسْتِحْسَانِ al-istiḥsāni	اِسْتِحْسَانِ istiḥsāni

Declension of noun اِسْتِحْسَان (istiḥsān)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: استحسان (istihsân)
  • → Turkish: istihsan

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حسن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN