خِتَانٌ
Root: ختن
Full Definition
خِتَانٌ
Circumcision, of a boy, and of a girl; a subst. from 1 in the first of the senses explained above; as also
خِتَانَةٌ . You say, أُطْحِرَتْ
His circumcision was made to be extirpative.
2 And A feast, or banquet, to which people are invited on account of a circumcision. You say, كُنْتُ فِى خِتَانِ فُلَانٍ I was at the feast, or banquet, &c., of such a one.
3 See also 1, third sentence.
4 Also The part, of the male, which is the place of circumcision; and of the female likewise; the part, of the فَرْج, which is the place of circumcision. Hence, in a trad., إِذَا ٱلْتَقَى الخِتَانَانِ [When the two places of circumcision meet together]: اِلْتِقَآءُ الخِتَانَيْنِ is a euphemism, metonymically denoting the disappearing, or causing to disappear, of the part of the penis that is above, or beyond, the place of circumcision in the vulva of the woman.
2 And A feast, or banquet, to which people are invited on account of a circumcision. You say, كُنْتُ فِى خِتَانِ فُلَانٍ I was at the feast, or banquet, &c., of such a one.
3 See also 1, third sentence.
4 Also The part, of the male, which is the place of circumcision; and of the female likewise; the part, of the فَرْج, which is the place of circumcision. Hence, in a trad., إِذَا ٱلْتَقَى الخِتَانَانِ [When the two places of circumcision meet together]: اِلْتِقَآءُ الخِتَانَيْنِ is a euphemism, metonymically denoting the disappearing, or causing to disappear, of the part of the penis that is above, or beyond, the place of circumcision in the vulva of the woman.
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