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wazn, vulg. wazan (inf. n. of وزن 'to weigh'), s.m. Weighing, weighment; telling (money, etc.) by just weight;—examining, examination;—weight; weightiness; a measure of weight;—metre, poetic measure; rhyme, verse; measure, model, or form (of a word); symmetrical resemblance of words of the same quantity (as ćorand josh);—weight;—influence, credit, reputation; esteem, honour:—wazn-dār, adj. Having weight; weighty; of just weight;—s.m. A weighman:—wazn rakhnā, To possess weight; to be weighty or heavy; to carry weight:—wazn karnā(-kā), To weigh, etc.:—wazn-kash, s.m. A weighman:—wazn-kashī, s.f. The office, or the perquiquisites, of a weighman.
Origin: Arabic