Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَنِيَّةٌ

Root: حنو

Full Definition

حَنِيَّةٌ A bow; so called because it is bent: pl. حَنِىٌّ , [or this is a coll. gen. n., of which حَنِيَّةٌ is the n. un.,] and حَنَايَا, or this may be pl. of حَنِىٌّ.
2 Also applied to A [bowed, or curved,] structure or building.


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