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جَانٌّ

Root: جن

Full Definition

جَانٌّ : see جِنٌّ.
2 Also A white serpent: or a small white serpent: or a great serpent: or a species of serpent having black-bordered eyes, inclining to yellow, harmless, and abounding in houses: pl. جَوَانُّ, or جِنَّانٌ.
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