Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَوْرَآءُ

Root: حور

Full Definition

حَوْرَآءُ fem. of أَحْوَرُ [q. v.].
2 Also A round, or circular, burn, made with a hot iron; [around the eye of a camel; ] so called because its place becomes white.


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