"ددن" meaning in Arabic

See ددن in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /da.dan/
Etymology: A Lallwort. As also synonymous دَد (dad), دَدًا (dadan), دَادَة (dāda). Head templates: {{ar-noun|دَدَن|m}} دَدَن • (dadan) m, {{tlb|ar|obsolete}} (obsolete) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|دَدَن}} Forms: دَدَن [canonical, masculine], dadan [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], دَدَن [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الدَّدَن [definite, informal, singular, triptote], دَدَن [construct, informal, singular, triptote], دَدَنٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الدَّدَنُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], دَدَنُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], دَدَنًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], الدَّدَنَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], دَدَنَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], دَدَنٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الدَّدَنِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], دَدَنِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. banter, diversion, frivolous play, sport, dalliance Tags: obsolete
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          "roman": "bimatālīfi ʔahānū mālahum – liḡināʔin walilaʕbin wadadan",
          "text": "بِمَتَالِيفِ أَهَانُوٱ مَالَهُمْ – لِغِنَاءٍ وَلِلَعْبٍ وَدَدَنْ",
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        },
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          "english": "Amongst wastrels who disdain their wealth – for singing, play and dalliance",
          "ref": "a. 625, الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā], edited by Geyer, Rudolf, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, →DOI, page 217 line 19:",
          "roman": "bimatālīfi ʔahānū mālahum – liḡināʔin walilaʕbin wadadan",
          "text": "بِمَتَالِيفِ أَهَانُوٱ مَالَهُمْ – لِغِنَاءٍ وَلِلَعْبٍ وَدَدَنْ",
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}

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