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Triconsonantal root of many Arabic words, meaning good, beautiful From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح-س-ن) is the triconsonantal root of many Arabic words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "good", "handsome" or "beautiful".[1][citation needed] This root occurs 194 times in the Qur'an, in 12 derived forms.[2] The root is also used in the Hebrew word חסון meaning strong sturdy or handsome.
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