# Ha-Nun-Nun — حنن (Hnn)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Hnn

- **Meaning:** To have a longing desire for, to be affected with an intense emotion of grief or joy, emit a sound as a she-camel towards her young, have mercy/compassion/pity/tenderness of the heart, yearn towards, merciful/compassionate/favourably incline towards a thing, turn away or back from evil or mischief, to be mad or insane, to retreat in a cowardly fashion, do wrong or commit a mistake.
- **Derived forms:** حَنَان (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَنَانًۭا — waḥanānan · "And affection"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَحَنَاناً مِنْ لَدُنَّا وَزَكٰوةًۜ وَكَانَ تَقِياًّۙ

Wahananan min ladunnawazakatan wakana taqiyya

And tenderness from Us, and purity; and he was in prudent fear,

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-13.md_

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