جُرُبَّانٌ
Root: جرب
Full Definition
جُرُبَّانٌ
and جِرِبَّانٌ, which are the two forms commonly known, or, accord. to the K, and
جُرْبَانٌ , or, accord. to the L, , and sometimes
جُرْبَانٌ , or, accord. to some copies of the K, [and so in the CK,]
and
جُرُبَّآء , which are evident mistranscriptions, or, accord. to the 'Ináyeh of El-Khafájee, جَرِبَّانٌ, which is more strange, but this last accords [most nearly] with its original, [for it is] a Persian word arabicized, originally گَرِيبَانْ; The جَيْب [or opening at the neck and bosom] of a shirt: or the part around the neck, upon which are sewed the buttons: (IB and TA in art. بنق:) or the [part called] لِبْنَة [q. v.] of a shirt.
2 جُرُبَّانُ سَيْفٍ and , or , The edge (حَدّ) of a sword: or a thing [i. e. a case] of sewed leather in which are put a sword and its scabbard with the cords or belts by which it is suspended: i. q. قِرَابُهُ: (S: [see also جِرَابٌ:]) or a large sword-case in which are a man's sword and his whip and what else he requires: (Fr, TA: [also called جُلُبَّان and جِلِبَّان and جُلْبَان:]) in the L, the first is [also] said to signify the scabbard of a sword.
2 جُرُبَّانُ سَيْفٍ and , or , The edge (حَدّ) of a sword: or a thing [i. e. a case] of sewed leather in which are put a sword and its scabbard with the cords or belts by which it is suspended: i. q. قِرَابُهُ: (S: [see also جِرَابٌ:]) or a large sword-case in which are a man's sword and his whip and what else he requires: (Fr, TA: [also called جُلُبَّان and جِلِبَّان and جُلْبَان:]) in the L, the first is [also] said to signify the scabbard of a sword.
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