المنان
المنّان في اللغة صيغة مبالغة على وزن (فعّال) من المَنّ وهو على...
Homonym/Polysemous term
(مُشْتَرَكٌ لَفظيُّ)
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المعنى الاصطلاحي
A word that has same spelling and several meanings.
الشرح المختصر
"Mushtarak" (homonym/polysemous term) is a term that has one spelling but two or more meanings. In other words, it is a term that has multiple significations, and the intended signification can only be specified through context or other identifiers. For example, the Arabic word "`ayn" means (among other things) an eye, a fountain, and a spring.