بَانِيَةٌ

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بَانِيَةٌ fem. of بَانٍ [q. v.].
2 Also sing. of بَوَانٍ, which signifies The ribs of [the breast, or of the part thereof called] the زَوْر: or the bones of the breast: or the shoulder-blades and the four legs: and the legs of a she-camel. One says, [likening a man to a camel lying down,] أَلْقَى بَوَانِيهُ, meaning He took up his abode, and settled, in a place; like أَلْقَى عَصَاهُ. أَلْقَى الشَّأْمُ بَوَانِيَهُ [meaning Syria became in a settled state] occurs in a trad. as related by A'Obeyd: and if he said بَوَائِنَهُ, it would be allowable; بَوَائِنُ being pl. of بوان, [i. e. بُوَانٌ or بِوَانٌ,] which is a name for any tent-pole except in the middle of the بَيْت, which has three poles. And it is said in another trad., أَلْقَتِ السَّمَآءُ بِرَكَ بَوَانِيهَا, meaning The sky cast down the rain that it contained.

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