جَنَانٌ
Root: جن
Full Definition
def.2 and see the same in the latter part of the paragraph.
2 Also A garment: or a garment that conceals one; as in the saying, مَا عَلَىَّ جَنَانٌ إِلَّا مَا تَرَى [There is not upon me a garment that conceals me save what thou seest]. [See also جَنَنٌ.]
3 The حَرِيم [or surrounding adjuncts, or appertenances and conveniences,] of a house; because concealing the house.
4 The interior of a thing that one does not see; because concealed from the eye.
5 The heart; because concealed in the bosom; or because it holds things in memory: or its رُوع [i. e. the heart's core, or the mind, or understanding, or intellect]; which is more deeply hidden: and the soul, or spirit; because the body conceals it: pl. أَجْنَانٌ. You say, مَا يَسْتَقِرُّ جَنَانُهُ مِنَ الفَزَعِ [His heart does not rest in its place by reason of fright].
6 A secret and bad action.
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