Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَلَّانٌ

Root: عل

Full Definition

عَلَّانٌ Ignorant: so in the saying, أَنَا عَلَّانٌ بِأَرْضِ كَذَا وَكَذَا [I am ignorant of such and such a land]: and so, with ة, applied to a woman: mentioned by Aboo-Sa'eed, as being well known: but said by Az to be unknown to him.


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