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خَمَّن
to guess /ˈxam.man/
verbB1#1478 most common
Also: to estimate, to conjecture, to surmise
Example sentences
خَمِّنْ رَقْماً مِنْ واحِدٍ إِلى عَشَرَة.
Guess a number from one to ten.
هَلْ تَسْتَطيعُ أَنْ تُخَمِّنَ عُمْري؟
Can you guess my age?
خَمَّنَ المُعَلِّمُ عَدَدَ الطُّلّابِ الغائِبينَ.
The teacher estimated the number of absent students.
لا أُريدُ أَنْ أُخَمِّنَ، بَلْ أُفَضِّلُ أَنْ أَتَأَكَّدَ مِنَ الأَرْقامِ أَوَّلاً.
I do not want to guess; I would rather check the figures first.
خَمَّنَ الخُبَراءُ تَكْلِفَةَ المَشْروعِ بِناءً عَلى تَجارِبَ سابِقةٍ.
The experts estimated the project's cost based on past experience.
لَوْ خَمَّنْتُ نَواياهُ بِشَكْلٍ صَحيحٍ، لَما وَقَعْتُ في هذا الفَخِّ المُحْكَمِ.
If I had guessed his intentions correctly, I would not have fallen into this well-laid trap.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُخَمِّن | خَمَّنْتُ | سَأُخَمِّن |
| 2sg | تُخَمِّن | خَمَّنْتَ | سَتُخَمِّن |
| 3sg | يُخَمِّن | خَمَّنَ | سَيُخَمِّن |
| 1pl | نُخَمِّن | خَمَّنّا | سَنُخَمِّن |
| 2pl | تُخَمِّنونَ | خَمَّنْتُمْ | سَتُخَمِّنونَ |
| 3pl | يُخَمِّنونَ | خَمَّنوا | سَيُخَمِّنونَ |
Word family
تَخْمينguess, estimate, conjecture
مُخَمِّنone who guesses; estimator
مُخَمَّنestimated, assessed
تَخْمينيapproximate, conjectural
Etymology
خَمَّن means to guess or estimate. Classical Arabic lexicographers recorded the verb for stating something by conjecture, and several of them flagged it as a probable loan. The likeliest source is Persian گُمان (gumān), meaning supposition or doubt, with the initial g heard as kh in Arabic. The same root gave the common noun تَخْمين, an estimate or appraisal.
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