languages

6 occurrences across 2 Arabic/Persian roots

ل- س- ن

(l-s-n) — tongue; tongue, language; tongues

“languages” accounts for 5 of 153 occurrences of this root (3%)

Forms seen

السن ×2 لسان ×2 ألسن ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

tongue 72% language 13% voice 2% mouth 2% word 1% speech 1% words uttered by 1% words uttered 1% wish of 1% tongues of 1% that 1% sword 1% said 1% own mouth 1% honeyed tongue 1% his 1% eloquence 1% bodily tongue 1% arabic tongue 1%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: السن: languages gleaningsGWB §345: السن: languages epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: لسان: languages epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: لسان: languages epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: ألسن: languages

ل- ح- ن

(l-ḥ-n) — melody; melody/tone; accent

“languages” accounts for 1 of 15 occurrences of this root (7%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

voice 20% melody 20% accent 13% understanding 7% tongue 7% sweet melody 7% melody of my voice 7% meaning 7% language 7% intent 7%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §591: لحن: languages

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

voice (6) tongue (110) language (20) mouth (3) melody (3) word (2) speech (2) accent (2)