عِجَانٌ
Root: عجن
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عِجَانٌ
[The perinæum; i. e.] what is between the anus and the scrotum: or the [protion of the] قَضِيب [or virga] that is extended from the scrotum to the anus; or the kinder portion of the penis, extended within the skin: and that of a woman is the وَتَرَة [or intervening part, perhaps so called as being likened to the partition between the nostrils,] that is between the vulva and the anus: and the اِسْت [or anus itself]: [see also عَضْرَطٌ:] pl. [of pauc.] أَعْجِنًةٌ and [of mult.] عُجُنٌ. اِبْنُ حَمْرَآءِ
العِجَانِ is an appellation used in reviling, applied to one who is not an Arab; or meaning Son of the female slave. (TA in art. حمر.)
2 Also The neck, in the dial. of El-Yemen: or, as in the “ Nawádir ” of El- Kálee, the part beneath the chin.
2 Also The neck, in the dial. of El-Yemen: or, as in the “ Nawádir ” of El- Kálee, the part beneath the chin.
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