לחן

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ל־ח־ן (l-ḥ-n)

From Arabic لَحْن (laḥn). Attested since Medieval Hebrew, for example in the Kuzari.

Noun[edit]

לַחַן (lákhanm (plural indefinite לְחָנִים, singular construct לַחַן־, plural construct לַחֲנֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. A tune (as the tune of a song), a melody.

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