לחן

Hebrew

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

See also

References
  • “לַחַן” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 594.
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