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حَفَّانٌ

Root: حف

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حَفَّانٌ A full vessel: or a vessel nearly filled to [the top of] each side: or a vessel of which the contents, measured therein, reach to [the top of] each side.

def.2 The young ones of an ostrich; male and female: or, accord. to ISd, females only: n. un. with ة.
2 The feathers, or plumage, of the ostrich.
3 The young ones of camels: sometimes these are thus termed: (S in art. حفن:) [app. as being likened to those of the ostrich:] or such camels as are under [i. e. younger than] those termed حِقَاق: n. un., applied to a male and a female, as above. (S in art. حفن.)
4 Servants: as though likened to the young ones of the ostrich.
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