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جَرِينٌ

Root: جرن

Full Definition

جَرِينٌ What one has ground [of grain]: of the dial. of Hudheyl.
2 See also جَارِنٌ.
3 Also, and جُرْنٌ and مِجْرَنٌ , or مَجْرَنٌ , The place in which dates are dried: or a بَيْدَر: or the جَرِين is for grain; and the بيد, for dates: or the place where dates are collected [and dried] when they are cut from the tree: or, accord. to Lth, the place of the بيد in the dial. of the people of El-Yemen, the generality of whom pronounce the word [جِرِين,] with kesr to the ج: or the مِرْبَد; i. e. the place in which fresh ripe dates are thrown to dry: or the بيدر in which wheat is trodden out; and also the place in which fruits are dried: the place of wheat; and sometimes [the place] for [drying] dates and grapes: its pl. [of mult.] is جُرُنٌ, not جَرَائِنُ, and [of pauc.] أَجْرَانٌ and أَجْرِنَةٌ: A 'Obeyd says that مِرْبَدٌ and جَرِينٌ are of the dial. of El-Hijáz; and أَنْدَرٌ, of that of Syria; and بَيْدَرٌ, of El-'Irák: (TA in art. جُرْنٌ ربد is of the dial. of the people of Egypt, who use it as meaning the بيدر of seed-produce, which is [sometimes] walled round; and its pl. is أَجْرَانٌ. [See also مِرْبَدٌ.]
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