Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَعُنَةٌ

Root: عون

Full Definition

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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