# حسن
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

حَسُنَ • (ḥasuna) I (non-past يَحْسُنُ (yaḥsunu), verbal noun حُسْن (ḥusn))
* to be or become good, to better, to improve
    Antonyms: سَاءَ (sāʔa, “to worsen”), قَبُحَ (qabuḥa)
* to be or become pleasant or agreeable
** (intransitive) to be or become beautiful, to beautify
    Synonym: جَمُلَ (jamula)
    Antonym: قَبُحَ (qabuḥa)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Causative form II verb derived from the form I verb حَسُنَ (ḥasuna, “to be good”).

#### Verb

حَسَّنَ • (ḥassana) II (non-past يُحَسِّنُ (yuḥassinu), verbal noun تَحْسِين (taḥsīn))
* to improve, to ameliorate, to better, to polish, to embellish
* to perfect
* to prettify, to beautify, to adorn, to make attractive
* to bedeck, to ornament, to decorate, to deck out, to garnish
* to shape up, tidy up (hair or beard)
* (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) to apply cosmetics, to put on makeup
* to amend
* (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) to fake

##### Related terms

* تَحْسِين (taḥsīn)
* تَحْسِينِيّ (taḥsīniyy, “ameliorative, embellishing”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

حُسْن • (ḥusn) m
* verbal noun of حَسُنَ (ḥasuna) (form I)
* goodness
* prettiness, beauty, loveliness, shapeliness, comeliness, gorgeousness, pulchritude
* handsomeness
* charm, charms, glamor
* glory
* nicety, fineness, grace, gracefulness, foppery
* fineness, efficiency, efficacy

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: hüsn
* → Turkish: hüsün

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.san/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

حَسَن • (ḥasan) (feminine حَسَنَة (ḥasana), common plural حِسَان (ḥisān), elative أَحْسَن (ʔaḥsan))
* good, fine, well
* agreeable, pleasant, nice, well-favored
* pretty, beautiful, lovely, comely, sightly, shapely, gorgeous, fair
* handsome, good-looking, magnificent
* well-turned
* radiant, glad, charming
* graceful, fine, dainty
* okay, all right
* (hadith) Hasan, acceptable
    Coordinate terms: صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ), ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf), مُتَوَاتِر (mutawātir)

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

حَسَن • (ḥasan) m
* a male given name, Hasan or Hassan
* (defined) Ḥasan ibn ʕaliyy, the grandson and a revered companion of Muhammad, and the 2nd Shia Imam.

##### Usage notes

In Classical Arabic, it is one of the given names that can take the definite article اَل (al-): اَلْحَسَن (al-ḥasan)

##### Derived terms

* حَسَنِيّ (ḥasaniyy, “descendant of Ḥasan ibn ʕaliyy”)

##### Related terms

* حَسَنًا (ḥasanan) (adverb)
* حَسَنَة (ḥasana)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: Həsən
* → Bashkir: Хәсән (Xəsən)
* → Chinese: → 哈桑 (Hāsāng) (transliteration)
* → English: Hasan
* → Hausa: Hasan
* → Old Armenian: Հասան (Hasan)
** Middle Armenian: Հասան (Hasan)
* → Northern Kurdish: Hesen
* → Kazakh: Асан (Asan)
* → Kyrgyz: Асан (Asan)
* → Persian: حسن (hasan)
* → Somali: Xasan
* → Tajik: Ҳасан (Hasan)
* → Turkish: Hasan
* → Uyghur: ھەسەن (hesen)
* → Uzbek: Hasan

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic حُسْن (ḥusn).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [husn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hʊsn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hʊsn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔʊsn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔusn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [hosn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [husn]

#### Noun

حسن • (hosn) (plural محاسن (mahâsen))
* goodness, pleasingness; (with the ezâfe) proper, good
    حسن اخلاق ― hosn-e axlâq ― good morals
    حسن اجرای قوانین ― hosn-e ejrâ-ye qavânin ― proper implementation of the laws
* beauty
    حسن روزافزون ― hosn-e ruz-afzun ― beauty which increases daily

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ha.ˈsan]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hä.sǽn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [hä.sǽn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔä.sǽn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔä.sǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [hæ.sǽn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [hä.sǽn]

#### Proper noun

حسن • (hasan)
* Hasan bin Ali
* a male given name, Hasan or Hassan, from Arabic

##### Derived terms

* حسنک (hasanak)
* حسنی (hasani)

#### Adjective

حسن • (hasan)
* (literary) beautiful, pleasing, good
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 82:ای مرا هم روز و هم شب تیره در اندوه تو وی ترا رخسار و زلف هر دو بر وجه حسنay ma-rā ham rōz u ham šab tēra dar andōh-i tō u-ay tu-rā ruxsār u zulf har dō bar wajh-i hasanO you who make both my days and nights dark with grief for you, Both your cheeks and your locks of hair are pleasing!(Classical Persian transliteration)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حسن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُسْن (ḥusn).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /ɦʊ.sə.nᵊ/
* Rhymes: -ə.nᵊ

### Noun

حُسَن • (ḥusan) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਹੁਸਨ)
* beauty
* elegance
* charm

### References

* “حسن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic حَسَّنَ (ḥassana).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħas.san/, [ˈħas.san]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

حسّن • (ḥassan) II (present بحسّن (biḥassen))
* (intransitive) to improve