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خَوْرَانٌ

Root: خور

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خَوْرَانٌ The مَبْعَرٌ [or rectum], which comprises the حِتَار [or anus, with the extremities of its skin,] of the صُلْب [or back], of a man &c.: or the passage of the رَوْث [or dung, properly of a horse or the like, but here app. meaning of a man also]: or the head [or extremity] of the مَبْعَرَة [or rectum]: or the part in which is the دُبُر [or anus]: or the دُبُر [or anus] itself; or it has this meaning also; and so خَوَّارَةٌ , syn. اِسْتٌ; the دُبُر being so called because it is like a depressed place between two hills: (TA: [see خَوْرٌ:]) or the gap in which is the دُبُر [or anus] of a man; and that in which is the قُبُل [or anterior pudendum] of a woman: or the gap in which is the دُبُر and the place of the ذَكَر and that of the قُبُل of the woman: pl. خَوْرَانَاتٌ and خَوَارِين: the former pl. of a form which any sing. subst. not significant of a human being may receive.


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