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زَنَّةٌ

Root: زن

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زَنَّةٌ A suspicion: whence the saying, أَبُو شَرٌّ مِنْهُ أَخُو زَنَّةٍ The ape, or baboon, or monkey, (القِرْدُ,) worse than he is the person who has conceived a suspicion: [for]
2 أَبُو زَنَّةٍ, or ابو , signifies القِرْدُ.
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