Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَرَّانٌ

Root: شر

Full Definition

شَرَّانٌ Certain insects resembling بَعُوض [or gnats], which cover the face of a man, but do not bite; sometimes called الأَذَى: of the dial. of the people of Es-Sawád: [it is with tenween; for] the n. un. is with ة.


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