Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

الحِنُّ

Root: حن

Full Definition

الحِنُّ A tribe of the جِنّ [or genii], that were before Adam; of which are black dogs: or the lowest, or meanest, sort of the جِنّ: or the weak ones thereof: or the dogs thereof: or certain creatures between the جِنّ and mankind.


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