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زَيْن

Zain

زين

Zain Name Meaning

Zain means beauty, adornment. Ibn Faris writes in Maqayis al-Lugha: “a sound root that indicates a thing's beauty and making it beautiful; al-zayn is the opposite of al-shayn.”

Root
زين
Name
Boy's name
Also written
Zayn · Zane · Zein · زين

The name in the dictionary

  1. أصل صحيح يدل على حسن الشيء وتحسينه. فالزين نقيض الشين

    “a sound root that indicates a thing's beauty and making it beautiful; al-zayn is the opposite of al-shayn (disfigurement)”

    Maqayis al-Lugha, vol. 3, pp. 41–42

In short

زَيْن

Zain means beauty, adornment. Ibn Faris writes in Maqayis al-Lugha: “a sound root that indicates a thing's beauty and making it beautiful; al-zayn is the opposite of al-shayn.”

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Questions about the name Zain

What does the name Zain mean?

Zain means beauty, adornment. Ibn Faris writes in Maqayis al-Lugha: “a sound root that indicates a thing's beauty and making it beautiful; al-zayn is the opposite of al-shayn.”

How do you write Zain in Arabic?

Zain is written زين in Arabic; also spelled Zayn, Zane, Zein.

What is the root of the name Zain?

In the Arabic dictionaries, Zain goes back to the root ز · ي · ن.

How we researched it

References, by volume and page

  • Maqayis al-Lugha, vol. 3, pp. 41–42

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