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حسن

Pronunciation: /ħa.san/

“حسن” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to be or become good, to better, to improve
  2. to be or become pleasant or agreeable
  3. to be or become beautiful, to beautify
  4. to improve, to ameliorate, to better, to polish, to embellish
  5. to perfect
  6. to prettify, to beautify, to adorn, to make attractive
  7. to bedeck, to ornament, to decorate, to deck out, to garnish
  8. to shape up, tidy up (hair or beard)
  9. to apply cosmetics, to put on makeup
  10. to amend
  11. to fake

noun

  1. goodness
  2. prettiness, beauty, loveliness, shapeliness, comeliness, gorgeousness, pulchritude
  3. handsomeness
  4. charm, charms, glamor
  5. glory
  6. nicety, fineness, grace, gracefulness, foppery
  7. fineness, efficiency, efficacy

adjective

  1. good, fine, well
  2. agreeable, pleasant, nice, well-favored

Etymology

Causative form II verb derived from the form I verb حَسُنَ (ḥasuna, “to be good”).

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