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إِذْن
permission /ˈʔiðn/
nounA1#163 most common
Also: authorization, consent, permit
Example sentences
هَلْ عِنْدَكَ إِذْن؟
Do you have permission?
لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ الدُّخُولَ بِدُونِ إِذْن.
I cannot enter without permission.
أَخَذْتُ إِذْنًا مِنَ المُدِيرِ لِأُغَادِرَ مُبَكِّرًا.
I got permission from the manager to leave early.
دَخَلَ الجُنُودُ المَنْطِقَةَ دُونَ إِذْنٍ رَسْمِيٍّ.
The soldiers entered the area without official permission.
يَمْنَحُ القَانُونُ الشُّرْطَةَ إِذْنًا بِالتَّفْتِيشِ فِي حَالَاتٍ مُحَدَّدَةٍ.
The law grants the police authorization to search in specific cases.
لَا يَجُوزُ نَشْرُ هَذِهِ الوَثَائِقِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنٍ خَطِّيٍّ مِنَ الجِهَةِ المُخْتَصَّةِ.
These documents may not be published except with written permission from the competent authority.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِذْنٌ | أُذُونَاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِذْنٍ | أُذُونَاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِذْنًا | أُذُونَاتٍ |
| Vocative | إِذْنُ | أُذُونَاتُ |
Word family
أَذِنَto allow, to permit
اِسْتَأْذَنَto ask for permission
مَأْذُونauthorized person; marriage registrar
أُذُونَاتpermits; (treasury) bills
Etymology
إِذْن comes from the Semitic root ʼ-dh-n, which also gives أُذُن, 'ear.' The sense runs from hearing to heeding: to give someone your ear is to grant their request. The word is the verbal noun of أَذِنَ, 'to permit.' It has no Indo-European origin.
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