دِهَانٌ
Root: دهن
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دِهَانٌ
A red hide. (S, K. [See also دَهِينٌ.]) Hence, in the Kur [lv. 37], فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ, i. e. And shall become red, or of a rosecolour, (Zj, L in art. ورد,) or of a red colour inclining to yellow, like the red hide: or like the hide that is of a pure red colour: or like that [oil] with which one anoints; see دُهْنٌ: or it is pl. of دُهْنٌ: [thus] it means, accord. to Aboo-Is-hák [Zj], and shall become [red, &c., and] of various colours, by reason of the very great terror, like divers oils: or, accord. to Er-Rághib, like the dregs of oil, or of olive-oil; for this is another signification of الدهان.
2 Also A slippery place. And A smooth road: or long and smooth.
2 Also A slippery place. And A smooth road: or long and smooth.
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