فَدَّانٌ
Root: فدن
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فَدَّانٌ
The bull; and so
فَدَانٌ : the bull with which one ploughs: or, as also
فَدَانٌ , the oxen, or the two bulls which are coupled together in [or by means of] the [cord called] قِرَان [and] which plough, or with which one ploughs; and one thereof is not called فَدَّانٌ: or فَدَّانٌ signifies, and so
فَدَانٌ , or the former, or each, signifies also, [the plough; or the apparatus, or gear, thereof; i. e.] the implement, or the apparatus, or gear, of the two bulls, for ploughing; or the whole apparatus, or gear, of the two bulls [which are coupled together] in [or by means of] the [cord called] قِرَان: but accord. to Abu-l-Hasan Es- Sikillee, فَدَانٌ , without teshdeed, signifies the implement, or apparatus, with which one ploughs: and فَدَّانٌ, with teshdeed, has a different meaning, expl. in what follows, relating to land: and IAar says the like: [see also عِيَانٌ:] the pl. of فَدَّانٌ is فَدَادِينُ, meaning oxen with which one ploughs: the pl. of
فَدَانٌ is أَفْدِنَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and فُدُنٌ, and the vulgar say فِدْن, with kesr.
2 فَدَّانٌ, with teshdeed, also signifies A certain commonly-known quantity [of land]; said by Abu-l-Hasan Es- Sikillee to signify a limited portion of land, subdivided into four and twenty keerats; [loosely reckoned as the quantity of land which a yoke of oxen will plough in one day; thus corresponding to the Latin term jugerum, and our acre; and commonly defined as consisting of 333 kasabehs and one third; but different in different times and in different parts of the same country: hence, perhaps,] it is also expl. as signifying a place of seed-produce.
2 فَدَّانٌ, with teshdeed, also signifies A certain commonly-known quantity [of land]; said by Abu-l-Hasan Es- Sikillee to signify a limited portion of land, subdivided into four and twenty keerats; [loosely reckoned as the quantity of land which a yoke of oxen will plough in one day; thus corresponding to the Latin term jugerum, and our acre; and commonly defined as consisting of 333 kasabehs and one third; but different in different times and in different parts of the same country: hence, perhaps,] it is also expl. as signifying a place of seed-produce.
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