Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ذُوبَانٌ

Root: ذوب

Full Definition

ذُوبَانٌ and ذِيبَانٌ [like ذِئْبَانٌ] The remains of the [fur, or soft hair, called] وَبَر [after the greater part has fallen off or been shorn]: or the hair (الشَّعَرُ [for which الشّعرِ is erroneously put in the CK]) on the neck and lip of the camel or horse.

def.2 Also the former, Paupers and thieves; for ذُؤَبَانٌ [a pl. of ذِئْبٌ, q. v.], the ء being changed into و.


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