جُونَةٌ

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جُونَةٌ The quality [i. e. colour], in horses, denoted by [the epithet] جَوْنٌ; like غُبْسةٌ and دُهْمَةٌ; in horses, i. q. جَوْنَةٌ: and in the sun, also, the quality denoted by جَوْنَةٌ [as fem. of جَوْنٌ, q. v.]: and blackness; as in the saying, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ حَتَّى تَبْيَضَّ جُونَةُ القَارِ [I will not do it until the blackness of pitch, or tar, become white]: but if you say القَارِ, the meaning is the خَابِية [smeared with tar, or pitch].

def.2 A small basket (سُلَيْلَة), or سَفَط, (K in art. جأن,) of a round form, that is with the sellers of perfumes, used for containing their perfumes: (K in art. جأن:) called in Persian شِيشَهْ دَانٌ [a receptacle for bottles or the like]: originally with ء: or sometimes pronounced with ء: El-Fárisee approved the suppression of the ء: pl. جُوَنٌ. [See also رَبْعَةٌ.]

def.3 A small mountain.

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