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خُمَّانٌ

Root: خم

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خُمَّانٌ and خَمَّانٌ , or خِمَّانٌ , What is bad of household goods, or furniture, or utensils; and of trees. Also the first and second, or the first and third, The refuse, or the low, ignoble, or mean, or the bad, of mankind: the lowest, basest, or meanest, sort, and the mass, thereof or the weak thereof. You say, ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُمَّانِ النَّاسِ and خَمَّانِ النَّاسِ That is a man of the refuse, &c., of mankind. [See also خُمَامٌ.]
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