Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جِنْحٌ

Root: جنح

Full Definition

جِنْحٌ A side of a road.
2 And The vicinage or neighbourhood, or the region or quarter or tract, and the shadow or shelter or protection, syn. نَاحِيَةٌ and كَنَفٌ, as also جَنَاحٌ , of a people, or party, or company of men: the latter word thus used is tropical. You say, بَاتَ بِجِنْحِ القَوْمِ He passed the night in the vicinage, &c., of the people. And أَنَا فِى I am in his shadow, shelter, or protection.
3 See also the next preceding paragraph.


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