جَهَازٌ
Root: جهز
Full Definition
2 Accord. to some, Household goods or furniture and utensils: accord. to 'Alee Ibn- 'Eesà, excellent goods that are conveyed from country to country: and hence the جهاز of the bride: or excellent goods that are conveyed as merchandise.
3 Also the former, What is upon a camel that is used for riding [consisting of the saddle and its appertenances]. It is said in a prov., جَهَازِهِ ضَرَبَ فِى , with fet-h [to the ج], i. e. He took fright and fled or went away at random, and did not return: or it is said of a thing that goes away and does not return: originally relating to a camel from whose back the saddle with its apparatus tumbles, falling between his legs, in consequence of which he takes fright and flees or runs away at random, so that he goes away into the land: ضَرَبَ signifies he went; (سار; for which in the CK is put صار;) and the meaning of the phrase is, he went stumbling upon his apparatus. In the T it is said, The Arabs say, ضَرَبَ البَعِيرُ فِى جَهَازِهِ, meaning The camel took fright and ran away at random, beating the ground with his feet so as to throw down the apparatus and load that were upon him.
def.2 Also the former, The pudendum of a woman.
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