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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane (d. 1876)

Entry مهن

8 اِمْتَهَنَهُ He used it for service and work: (K:) i. q. اِبْتَذَلَهُ, q. v.: (S, Msb:) He held it in mean estimation. (Har, p. 65.) مِهْنَةٌ CCC [is syn. with عَمَلٌ and فِعْلٌ, and means work, labour, or] service; ministration; performance of an office. (S, &c.)

Also, The clothes worn in service, or in the performance of business. (Msb.) مَهِينٌ Contemptible; abject: (S, K) weak: having little judgment and discrimination. (K.)