خَوْرَانٌ
Root: خور
Full Definition
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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