إِيوَانٌ

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إِيوَانٌ and إِوَانٌ [each] a foreign word, [i. e. Persian,] A chamber, or an apartment, or a large صُفَّة [i. e. porch, or roofed vestibule, or the like], similar to an أَزَج [or oblong arched or vaulted structure, or a portico], or built in the form of an أَزَج, not closed in the front, or face: [and a palace; often used in this sense in Arabic as well as in Persian: and in the present day, the former, and more commonly لِيوَان, which is Persian, is also applied to an estrade; a slightly-raised portion of the floor, generally extending nearly from the door to the end, or to each end, of a room:] pl. of the former, أَوَاوِينُ, because the sing. is originally إِوْوَانٌ, and إِيوَانَاتٌ; and pl. of the latter, أُونٌ. Hence, إِيوَانُ كِسْرَى [The great porch, or the palace, of Kisrà, or Chosroes, who is called صَاحِبُ الإِيوَانِ].
2 Also the latter, [and app., accord. to the Msb, the former also,] Any prop, or support, of a thing: particularly, a pole of a [tent of the kind called] خِبَآء.
3 The إِيوَان of the لِجَام [is The headstall of the bridle; and] has for its pl. إِيوَانَاتٌ.

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