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جَوْنَآءُ

Root: جون

Full Definition

جَوْنَآءُ : see جَوْنَةٌ.
2 Also A cooking-pot; because it is black.
3 And A she-camel such as is termed دَهْمَآءُ [of an intense, or a dark, gray colour, without any admixture of white]; from جَانَ said of the face.
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