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مِهْنَة

profession /ˈmih.na/

nounB1#2203 most common

Also: occupation, trade, craft

Example sentences

ما مِهْنَتُكَ؟
What is your profession?
مِهْنَتي هِيَ التَّدْريس.
My profession is teaching.
الطِّبُّ مِهْنَةٌ نَبيلَةٌ.
Medicine is a noble profession.
اِخْتارَ مِهْنَةً تُناسِبُ مَواهِبَهُ.
He chose a profession that suits his talents.
تَتَطَلَّبُ هذِهِ المِهْنَةُ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ التَّدْريبِ الدَّقيق.
This profession requires years of careful training.
رَغْمَ صُعوبَةِ المِهَنِ الطِّبِّيَّةِ، يَبْقى الإخْلاصُ لِلمَريضِ جَوْهَرَ المِهْنَة.
Despite the difficulty of the medical professions, devotion to the patient remains the essence of the profession.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمِهْنَةٌمِهَنٌ
Genitiveمِهْنَةٍمِهَنٍ
Accusativeمِهْنَةًمِهَناً
Vocativeيا مِهْنَةُيا مِهَنُ

Word family

مِهْنِيّprofessional, vocational
مِهْنِيَّةprofessionalism
مَهَنَto work, to serve
اِمْتَهَنَto practice a profession
مِهَنprofessions (plural)

Etymology

The word derives from the Arabic triliteral root م-ه-ن (m-h-n), which carries the sense of working and serving. The verb مَهَنَ meant to labor or to serve. The noun form names the settled work a person does.

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