سِدْنٌ
Root: سدن
Full Definition
سِدْنٌ
, or
سَدْنٌ , or
سَدَنٌ , and
سَدَانٌ , as also
سَدِينٌ , A curtain, or veil: [like سِدْلٌ and سُدْلٌ:] pl. of the first or second [and app. of the last also, like as أَسْدَالٌ is pl. of سِدْلٌ or سُدْلٌ and also of سَدِيلٌ,] أَسْدَانٌ; in which the ن is said by some to be a substitute for ل: or أَسْدَانٌ is a dial. var. of أَسْدَالٌ signifying the سُدُول
of the [kind of camel-vehicles for women called] هَوَادِج; [i. e.,] accord. to ISk, it signifies the pieces of cloth with which the
هَوْدَج
is covered; as also سُدُونٌ; (As, TA voce سَدِيلٌ;) and its sing. is [سَدِينٌ, like سَدِيلٌ, or]
سَدْنٌ .
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