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الذَّاقِنَةُ

Root: ذقن

Full Definition

الذَّاقِنَةُ The part beneath the ذَقَن [or chin]: or the part, of the breast, that is reached by the ذَقَن: or the ذَقَن [itself]: or the head of the حُلْقُوم [or windpipe]: or the prominent extremity of the حلقوم: thus explained by A'Obeyd and AA in the saying of 'Áïsheh, “ [The Prophet died] between my حَاقِنَة and my ذَاقِنَة: ” (TA: [see الحَاقِنَةُ:]) or the تَرْقُوٓة [ or collar-bone; or it may here mean the fore part of the throat, next the chest; or the uppermost part of the chest]: but this, in the M, is an explanation of الحَاقِنَةُ: or the lower part of the belly, next the navel: but this, also, is given as an explanation of الحاقنة, by ISd and by Z: or the pit of the uppermost part of the breast, or chest: or the upper part of the belly: and the stomach: pl. ذَوَاقِنُ. [See also الحَاقِنَةُ.] Hence the prov., لَأُلْحِقَنَّ حَوَاقِنَكَ بَذَوَاقِنِكَ [explained in art. حقن]: الذَّوَاقِنُ, accord. to Az, means the lower part of the belly.

def.2 See also ذَقُونٌ.
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