مَعُنَةٌ
Root: عون
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مَعُنَةٌ
and مَعْوُنَةٌ, and the pl. مَعَاوِنُ: see عَوْنٌ, former half, in four places. صَاحِبُ المَعُونَةِ [as used in post-classical times] means The officer appointed for the rectifying of the affairs of the commonalty: as though he were the aider of the wronged against the wronger; i. q.
الوَالِي; or, as Esh-Shereeshee says, وَالِي الجِنَايَاتِ. And دَارُ المَعُونَةِ was the appellation of The mansion of the
شِحْنَة [q. v.], in Cairo. . 632.)
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