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عَطَنَةٌ

Root: عطن

Full Definition

عَطَنَةٌ a subst. from أَعْطَنَ الإِبِلَ [q. v., as such signifying The watering of camels and then making them to lie down at the water: or the confining of camels at the water, where they lie down, after having come to it and drunk].

def.2 Also The place of [the operation termed] العَطْن [Verbal.Noun of عَطَنَ in the phrase عَطَنَ الجِلْدَ, q. v.].
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