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Form 1زَبَنَهُ3 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarزَبْنٌ

Core sense — he pushed it, or thrust it away; he sold fruit on the trees by measuregenerated

1.1figurative · مجازhe pushed it, or thrust it away—زَبَنَ بِهِ

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she pushes, or thrusts away, her milker—تَزْبِنُ حَالِبَهَا
she struck with her stifle-joints when being milked—زَبَنَتْ

Said of a thing, or of a thing pushed away from another thing.

Said of a she-camel.

Said of a camel; also زَبَنَتْ بِثَفِنَاتِ رِجْلِهَا.

زَبْنٌ is generally with the stifle-joints, رَكْضٌ with the hind leg, and خَبْطٌ with the fore leg.

she pushes her young one away from her udder with her hind leg—تَزْبِنُ وَلَدَهَا عَنْ ضَرْعِهَا بِرِجْلِهَا
he pushed them away, or removed them from their place—زَبَنَهُمْ

Said of a camel.

it dashes men one against another, and pushes them—تَزْبِنُ النَّاسِ

Said of war, or battle.

1.1.1figurative · مجازyou have turned away from us your present and your bounty, or favour—زَبَنْتَ عَنَّا هَدِيَّتَكَ وَمَعْرُوفَكَ

The maṣdar is as above.

Lh: properly, you have turned them away from your neighbours and acquaintances to others.

Or: you have withdrawn and withheld your present, and the like, from us.

1.1.2selling any fruit on its trees for other fruit by measure—زَبْنٌ

It has been forbidden, because of the fraud and the ignorance involved in it.

It is so called because either of the two parties, when he repents, repels the other from the obligation he has imposed on him.

Hence المُزَابَنَةُ (see form 3).

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, (Msb, TA,) and زَبَنَ بِهِ , (TA,) aor. زَبِنَ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. زَبْنٌ , (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) He pushed it, or thrust it; or pushed it, or thrust it, away; (S, * Mgh, * Msb, K, * TA;) namely, a thing: (Msb, TA:) or a thing from another thing. (M, * TA.) You say of a she-camel, تَزْبِنُ حَالِبَهَا She pushes, or thrusts, or she pushes, or thrusts, away, her milker. (Mgh, Msb, TA.) And زَبَنَتْ , (S,) or زَبَنَتْ بِثَفِنَاتِ رِجْلِهَا , (TA,) She (a camel) struck with her stifle-joints (TA) on the occasion of being milked: زَبْنٌ being [generally] with the stifle-joints; and رَكْضٌ , with the hind leg; and خَبْطٌ , with the fore leg. (S, TA.) And تَزْبِنُ وَلَدَهَا عَنْ ضَرْعِهَا بِرِجْلِهَا She (a camel) pushes, or thrusts, away her young one from her udder with her hind leg. (M, TA.) And زَبَنَهُمْ He pushed, or thrust, them away; put them away, or removed them from their place. (TA.) And of war, or battle, ( حَرْب ,) one says, تَزْبِنُ النَّاسِ , meaning It dashes men [one against another], and pushes, or thrusts, them. (S, TA.) And زَبَنْتَ عَنَّا هَدِيَّتَكَ وَمَعْرُوفَكَ , inf. n. as above, Thou hast turned away from us thy present and thy bounty, or favour: accord. to Lh, properly meaning thou hast turned them away from thy neighbours and acquaintance to others: or, accord. to the A, thou hast withdrawn, and withheld, from us thy present &c. (TA.) زَبْنٌ also signifies The selling any fruit upon its trees for [other] fruit by measure: (K:) whence المُزَابَنَةُ (see 3): it has been forbidden, because of the fraud, or deceit, and the ignorance, attending it: and is thus termed because either of the two parties, when he repents, repels the other [if able to do so] from the obligation that he has imposed upon him. (TA.)
Form 3زابنهُ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُزَابَنَهٌ

Core sense — he contended with him in pushing; he sold fruit on the trees by conjecturegenerated

3.1he contended with him in pushing, or in pushing away; he pushed against him—دَافَعَهُ

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3.1.1selling dates in their fresh ripe state on the palm-trees for dried dates by measure—مُزَابَنَةٌ

This is forbidden, because it is a sale by conjecture, without measuring and without weighing.

It is from الزَّبْنُ, because it leads to contention and mutual repulsion.

In the same way, the selling of any fruit on its trees for fruit by measure; see form 1, last sense.

Málik: any selling or buying of a thing by conjecture, not knowing its measure, its number, or its weight, for something named of what is measured, weighed, or numbered; or the selling of a known thing for an unknown thing of its kind; or the selling of an unknown thing for an unknown thing of its kind; or a buying and selling in which each tries to get the better of the other in a kind in which that is not allowable — for then the one who is overreached wants to annul the sale and the one who overreaches wants it to take effect, so they repel one another and contend.

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, (K,) inf. n. مُزَابَنَهٌ , (TA,) i. q. دَافَعَهُ [He contended, or strove, with him in pushing, or thrusting, or in pushing, or thrusting, away; or he pushed him, &c., being pushed &c. by him; or he pushed against him]. (K.) مُزَابَنَةٌ signifies [also] The selling dates (S, Mgh, Msb, K) in their fresh ripe state (S, K) upon the heads of the palm-trees for dried dates (S, Mgh, Msb, K) by measure; (Mgh, Msb;) which is forbidden, because it is a sale by conjecture, [or] without measuring and without weighing: (S, TA:) it is from الزَّبْنُ ; because it leads to contention and mutual repulsion: (Mgh:) and in like manner, the selling any fruit upon its trees for fruit by measure: see 1, last sentence: (TA:) accord. to Málik, any selling or buying of a thing by conjecture, not knowing its measure nor its number nor its weight, for something named of that which is measured and weighed and numbered: or the selling of a thing known for a thing unknown of its kind: or the selling of a thing unknown for a thing unknown of its kind: or a buying and selling in which is a mutual endeavour to endamage, or overreach, ( بَيْعُ مُغَابَنَةٍ ,) in a kind in which endamaging, or overreaching, is not allowable; (K;) because, in this case, he who is endamaged, or overreached, desires to annul the sale, and he who endamages, or overreaches, desires to make it take effect, so they repel one another, and contend. (TA.)
Form 4ازبنوا بُيُوتَهُمْ1 sense

Core sense — they removed their tents from the roadgenerated

4.1

They removed their tents from the road, or way.

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They removed their tents from the road, or way. (TA.)
Form 5تَزَبَّنَ1 sense

Core sense — he treated him as a simpleton, or foolgenerated

5.1

See form 10, in two places.

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see 10, in two places.
Form 6تزابنوا1 sense

Core sense — they pushed one another; they contended together in pushinggenerated

6.1they contended together in pushing, or in pushing away; they pushed one another—تدافعوا
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i. q. تدافعوا [They contended, or strove, together, in pushing, or thrusting, or in pushing, or thrusting, away; or they pushed, &c., one another; or pushed against one another]. (TA.)
Form 7انزبنوا1 sense

Core sense — they withdrew, or retired to a distancegenerated

7.1

They removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance.

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They removed, withdrew, or retired to a distance. (K.)
Form 10استزبنهُ1 sense

Core sense — he treated him as a simpleton, or foolgenerated

10.1he treated him as a simpleton, or fool; one often overreached, defrauded, or deceived—زَبُون

Also تزبّنهُ, or استزبنهُ.

تزبّنهُ is like اِسْتَغْبَنَهُ and تَغَبَّنَهُ [both apparently meaning he esteemed him غَبِين, i.e. weak in judgment, and therefore liable to be overreached, defrauded, or deceived, as استضعفهُ and تضعّفهُ both mean he esteemed him ضَعِيف, i.e. weak]; or like اِسْتَغْبَاهُ and تَغَبَّاهُ [both apparently meaning he esteemed him unintelligent, or of little intelligence].

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He made him a زَبُون ; [i. e. treated him as such;] meaning a simpleton, or fool; one much, or often, endamaged, or overreached, defrauded, or deceived; as also تزبّنهُ : (Mgh:) or استزبنهُ and تزبّنهُ are like اِسْتَغْبَنَهُ and تَغَبَّنَهُ [both app. meaning he esteemed him غَبِين , i. e. weak in judgment, and therefore liable to be endamaged, or overreached, defrauded, or deceived; like as استضعفهُ and تضعّفهُ both signify “ he esteemed him ضَعِيف , i. e. weak ”]; or like اِسْتَغْبَاهُ and تَغَبَّاهُ [both app. meaning he esteemed him unintelligent, or one having little intelligence]. (TA.)

Derived nouns 18

Nounزَبْنٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a tent standing apart from the others; a narrow standing-placegenerated

1a tent, or house, standing apart from the other tents or houses—بَيْتٌ

As though it were pushed away from them.

1.1

See also زَبَنٌ.

1.2a narrow standing-place, on which a man cannot stand because it is narrow and slippery—مَقَامُ زَبْنٍ
1.3

[In one place in the CK, الزَّبْنُ is wrongly put for الزَّبِنُ.]

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A tent, or house, ( بَيْتٌ ,) standing apart from the [other] tents or houses: (K:) as though it were pushed from them. (TA.) See also زَبَنٌ . مَقَامُ زَبْنٍ A narrow standing-place, upon which a man cannot stand by reason of its narrowness and slipperiness. (TA.) [In one place in the CK, الزَّبْنُ is erroneously put for الزَّبِنُ .]
Nounزِبْنٌ2 senses

Core sense — a want, or thing wantedgenerated

1

See زَبَنٌ.

2he has taken what he wanted of the property—قَدْ أَخَذَ زِبْنَهُ مِنَ المَالِ
he has taken what he wanted of the food—مِنَ الطَّعَامِ

on this sense Also a want, or thing wanted.

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: see زَبَنٌ . Also A want, or thing wanted: you say, قَدْ أَخَذَ زِبْنَهُ مِنَ المَالِ , i. e. [He has taken] what he wanted [of the property], (K,) and مِنَ الطَّعَامِ [of the food]. (TA.)
Nounزَبَنٌ2 senses

Core sense — a side, an adjacent part or quarter; a cloth like a bridal canopygenerated

1he alighted aside, or apart, from his people, or party—حَلَّ زَبْنًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ

A side; a lateral, or an adjacent, part, tract, or quarter; and apparently so also زَبْنٌ and زِبْنٌ.

As though he were thrust away from their place. The word is scarcely ever, or never, used except as an adverbial noun of place or as a denotative of state.

With fetḥ; also زَبَنًا with two fetḥahs, and زِبْنًا with kesr, in the same sense.

2

Also a piece of cloth shaped after the fashion of the tent, like the حَجَلَة [a kind of curtained canopy prepared for a bride].

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A side; a lateral, or an adjacent, part or tract or quarter: (K:) [and so, app., زَبْنٌ and زِبْنٌ : for] you say, حَلَّ زَبْنًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ , with fet-h, [as well as زَبَنًا , with two fet-hahs,] and زِبْنًا , with kesr, meaning He alighted aside, or apart, from his people, or party; as though he were thrust from their place: scarcely ever, or never, used otherwise than as an adv. n. [of place] or as a denotative of state. (TA.) Also A piece of cloth [shaped] after the fashion of the tent ( عَلَى تَقْطِيعِ البَيْتِ ), like the حَجَلَة [a kind of curtained canopy prepared for a bride]. (K.)
Nounزَبِنٌ1 sense

Core sense — pushing, or thrusting, violentlygenerated

1pushing, or thrusting, violently—زُبُنٌّ

Of the measure of كَتِفٌ [الزَّبْنٌ in the CK being a mistranscription for الزَّبِنُ]. The headword has this same meaning.

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, (K, TA,) like كَتِفٌ , (TA, [ الزَّبْنٌ in the CK being a mistranscription for الزَّبِنُ ,]) Vehement in pushing, or thrusting; and so زُبُنٌّ . (K, * TA.)
Nounزِبْنِيَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who pushes others away; a strong, insolent onegenerated

1

See زَبَانِيَةٌ.

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: see زَبَانِيَةٌ .
Nounزِبْنِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who pushes others away; a strong, insolent onegenerated

1

See زَبَانِيَةٌ.

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: see زَبَانِيَةٌ .
Nounزُبُنٌّ1 sense

Core sense — pushing, or thrusting, violentlygenerated

1

See زَبِنٌ.

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: see زَبِنٌ .
Nounزُبُنَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the hind leg of a she-camelgenerated

1the hind legs of a she-camel—زُبُنَّتَاهَا

The singular means the hind leg of a she-camel; they are so called because she pushes with them.

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The hind leg of a she-camel: (TA:) the hind legs of the she-camel are called زُبُنَّتَاهَا (K, TA) because she pushes, or thrusts, with them. (TA.)
Nounزَبُونٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — one who pushes, or thrusts away; a purchaser; a dupe, or simpletongenerated

1figurative · مجازa difficult, or stubborn, war, or battle—حَرْبٌ زَبُونٌ

One who pushes, or thrusts away, a thing — much or violently, or habitually.

A she-camel that pushes, or thrusts away, or that kicks and pushes her milker with her hind leg [or with her stifle-joint: see form 1]; or that is accustomed to push her milker.

So called by likeness to the she-camel termed زبون, or because it dashes men one against another and pushes them; or because one portion of it pushes another, from their great number; or because it repels the valiant men from advancing, through fear of death.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredunintelligent, or having little intelligence—غَبِىٌّ
a dealer with others in buying and selling—حَرِيفٌ

It is synonymous with مُعَامِلٌ, and, as appears from what follows, is used here of a dealer in buying and selling, a meaning which مُعَامِلٌ often has, though, as I have shown in art. حَرف, I know of no authority for giving this meaning to حَرِيفٌ.

This second explanation is written thus in my copies of the S and in my manuscript copy of the K and in the CK, but in the TA, and hence in the TK, خريف, which has no meaning that I know of suiting this place.

In these senses the word is post-classical, not of the language of the people of the desert.

It signifies a simpleton, or fool, who is much overreached, or defrauded, by a figurative attribution of the meaning of an ism mafʿūl to a word properly having the meaning of an ism fāʿil, because the person so termed is as though he were pushed away.

It also signifies a purchaser, because he pushes another away from the thing sold [or because he is often duped]; and in this sense — commonly used now, also for a customer and for a dupe — it is post-classical, not of the language of the people of the desert.

[The plural now commonly used is زَبَائِنُ, and some say زَبُونَاتٌ.]

the dupe rejoices without anything, or at nothing—الزَّبُونُ يَفْرَحُ بِلَا شَىْءٍ
the dupe rejoices at the least, or the meanest, thing—الزَّبُونُ يَفْرَحُ بِأَدْنَى شَىْءٍ

Said in a post-classical proverb. (Meyd.)

Or the dealer, or the purchaser, as the word means in the dialect of the people of El-Basrah.

[The editors of the second edition of De Sacy's Har, to which reference is here made, say (Notes, p. 90) that they think the word الزبون, in the sense it takes in this proverb, comes from the Chaldee word for 'to sell'. (This verb is written in the Lexicon of Gesenius.) See also De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, second edition, pp. 186–190.]

2a well in which there is a receding in its water-place—مَثَابَة

The water-place is the place where the water collects, or the place reached by the water when it returns and collects after one has drawn from it; see art. ثوب. As though the well's casing were pushed back in that part.

3

And a thing that is cut so as to fit the body, and worn [an inner vest, as in the present day; plural أَزْبِنَةٌ].

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One who pushes, or thrusts, or who pushes, or thrusts, away, [or who pushes &c. much or vehemently, or who is wont to push &c.,] a thing. (Msb.) A she-camel that pushes, or thrusts, or that pushes, or thrusts, away, (Mgh, Msb, K,) or that kicks, or strikes, and pushes, &c., (S, TA,) her milker, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, *) with her hind leg (Msb) [or with her stifle-joint: see 1]: or that is wont, or accustomed, to push, &c., her milker. (TA.) Hence, (A,) one says حَرْبٌ زَبُونٌ (S, A, Msb, K) meaning A difficult, or stubborn, war or battle; likened to the she-camel termed زبون : (A, TA:) or that dashes men [one against another], and pushes, or thrusts, them: (S:) or in which one portion pushes, or thrusts, or pushes or thrusts away, another, by reason of multitudinousness: (K:) or it is thus called because it repels the valiant men from advancing, through fear of death. (Msb.) As meaning غَبِىٌّ [i. e. Unintelligent, or having little intelligence], and حَرِيفٌ [syn. with مُعَامِلٌ , and hence, as will be seen from what follows, app. here used in the sense of a dealer with others in buying and selling, a meaning which مُعَامِلٌ often has, though, as I have shown in art. حَرف , I do not know any authority for assigning this meaning to حَرِيفٌ ], (S, K, [the latter explanation thus written in my copies of the S and in my MS. copy of the K and in the CK, but in the TA, and hence in the TK, خريف , which has no meaning, that I know of, appropriate in this instance,]) it is post-classical, (K,) not of the language of the people of the desert: (S:) it signifies a simpleton, or fool, who is endamaged, or defrauded, ( يُغْبَنُ ,) much; by a tropical attribution [of the meaning of a pass. part. n. to a word which has properly the meaning of an act. part. n.; because the person thus termed is as though he were pushed, or thrust, away]: (Mgh:) it signifies also a purchaser; because he pushes away another from the thing that is sold; [or because he is often duped;] and in this sense, [a sense in which it is commonly now used, or as meaning a customer, and also a dupe,] it is a post-classical word, not of the language of the people of the desert. (Msb.) [The pl. now commonly used is زَبَائِنُ , and some say زَبُونَاتٌ .] It is said in a post-classical prov., الزَّبُونُ يَفْرَحُ بِلَا شَىْءٍ [which I would render The dupe rejoices without anything, or at nothing]: (Meyd:) or الزَّبُونُ يَفْرَحُ بِأَدْنَى شَىْءٍ , meaning [ The dupe rejoices at the least, or the meanest, thing: or] the dealer ( المُعَامِلُ ), or the purchaser ( المُشْتَرِى ), as the word signifies in the dial. the people of El-Basrah. (Har p. 76, q. v. [The editors of the sec. ed. of De Sacy's Har, to which reference is here made, say, (Notes, p. 90,) “ Nous pensons que le mot الزبون , dans l'acception qu'il prend dans ce proverbe dérive du chaldéen 'vendre.'” (This verb is written in the Lex. of Gesenius .) See also De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, sec. ed., pp. 186 — 190.] Also A well in which is a receding in its مَثَابَة [or place where the water collects, or place reached by the water when it returns and collects after one has drawn from it, &c.; (see art. ثوب ;) as though its casing were pushed back in that part]. (K.) And [An inner vest; so in the present day; pl. أَزْبِنَةٌ ;] a thing that is cut so as to fit the body, and worn. (TA.)
Nounزُبَانَى3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the claw of the scorpion; the two claws of Scorpio, a Mansion of the Moongenerated

1the horn, or claw, of the scorpion—زُبَانَى العَقْرَبِ

The headword is the singular of which زُبَانَيَانِ is the dual. (Mz, 40th نوع.)

The scorpion's two horns, or claws, are called زُبَانَيَا العَقْرَبِ, because it pushes with them.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe two horns, or claws, of Scorpio—الزُّبَانَيَانِ

Ibn-Kunāseh; or زُبَانَيَا العَقْرَبِ, the former being the more common.

[The Arabs extended Scorpio, like the constellation Leo, much beyond the limits that we assign to it, so as to take in a portion of Libra.]

Two widely separated stars (Ibn-Kunāseh) that rise before الإِكْلِيل; between them (Ibn-Kunāseh) is the measure of a spear, more than the stature of a man (Ibn-Kunāseh), or, in appearance, the measure of five cubits.

Two bright stars, in, or upon, the two horns, or claws, of Scorpio [a and g of Libra, according to those who take النَّوْء to mean “the auroral setting”; and perhaps the same, or others, of Libra, according to those who take النَّوْء to mean “the auroral rising”].

One of the Mansions of the Moon, namely the Sixteenth Mansion.

Cited by IAar, and explained as meaning “he is uncircumcised, except the part from which the قَمَر has contracted”; his قُلْفَة being likened to the زُبَانَى [and his كَمَرَة to the قَمَر].

He is also related to have said that one who is born when the moon is in Scorpio is unprosperous.

But Th says: I asked him about this saying, and he disallowed it, and said, No — he is a low, mean, or sordid person, who does not give food in winter; and when the moon [in winter] bites the extremities of the زُبَانَى, i.e. enters Scorpio, the cold is at its most intense.

literally, his moon bit the extremities of the claw of Scorpio
shāhid
عَضَّ بِأَطْرَافِ الزُّبَانَى قَمَرُهْ
2

See also زَبَانِيَةٌ.

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is the sing. of which زُبَانَيَانِ is the dual. (Mz, 40th نوع .) زُبَانَى العَقْرَبِ signifies The horn [or claw] of the scorpion: (Msb:) its two horns [or claws] are called زُبَانَيَا العَقْرَبِ ; (S, K;) because it pushes with them. (TA.) And الزُّبَانَيَانِ , (Ibn-Kunáseh, S, Kzw,) or زُبَانَيَا العَقْرَبِ , (K,) [the former the more common,] The two horns [or claws] of Scorpio; [which, like the constellation Leo, the Arabs extended much beyond the limits that we assign to it, and which they thus made to include a portion of Libra;] (Kzw;) two stars, widely separated, (Ibn-Kunáseh, Kzw,) [that rise] before الإِكْلِيل [q. v.]; (Ibn-Kunáseh;) between which (Ibn-Kunáseh, Kzw) is the measure of a spear ( رُمْح [q. v.]), more than the stature of a man, (Ibn-Kunáseh,) [or,] in appearance, the measure of five cubits: (Kzw:) two bright stars, (S, K,) in, or upon, (K,) the two horns [or claws] of Scorpio: (S, K:) [a and g of Libra, accord. to those who make النَّوْء to mean “ the auroral setting; ” and perhaps the same, or and of Libra, accord to those who make النَّوْء to mean “ the auroral rising: ”] one of the Mansions of the Moon, (S, Kzw,) namely, the Sixteenth Mansion. (Kzw. [See مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ , in art. نزل .]) The saying 1 [lit. His moon bit the extremities of the claw of Scorpio], cited by IAar, is expl. as meaning “ he is uncircumcised, except the part from which the قَمَر has contracted; ” his قُلْفَة being likened to the زُبَانَى [and his كَمَرَة to the قَمَر ]: and he is related to have said that he who is born when the moon is in Scorpio is unprosperous: but Th says, I asked him respecting this saying, and he disallowed it, and said, No, but he is a low, or mean, or sordid, person, who does not give food in winter; and when the moon [in winter] bites the extremities of the زُبَانَى , [i. e. enters Scorpio,] it is most intense cold. (TA.) عَضَّ بِأَطْرَافِ الزُّبَانَى قَمَرُهْ See also زَبَانِيَةٌ .
Nounزَبَانٍ1 sense

Core sense — one who pushes, or thrusts, others awaygenerated

1

See the next entry.

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Nounزَبَانِيَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the braves of an army; certain angels who thrust the damned into Hellgenerated

1the braves of an army, or the armed attendants, officers, or soldiers, of the prefect of the police—شُرَط

A plural, of which the singular is said by some to be زِبْنِيَةٌ, or زَبَانٍ, or زُبَانَى, like سُكَارَى or زَابِنٌ or رِبْنِىٌّ; the plural of this last being originally زَبَانِىُّ, the ة [in زَبَانِيَةٌ] being substituted for the last ى.

But the Arabs hardly, or in no way, know this assigning of a singular to زَبَانِيَةٌ, holding it to be a plural having no singular, like أَبَابِيلُ and عَبَادِيدُ.

So with the Arabs of the classical age; and this is the primary meaning.

The singular is synonymous with شُرْطِىٌّ, and also means the مُتَمَرِّد [one who exalts himself, or is insolent and audacious, in pride and in acts of rebellion or disobedience] of the jinn and of mankind.

It is also the same as شَدِيدٌ [i.e. strong]. (Secr) Each of these two meanings, and the first as well, comes from the sense of pushing, or thrusting.

Lane cites “Bd in xcvi. 18” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Lane cites “Bd in xcvi. 18” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.1certain angels, the tormentors of the damned in Hell—الزَّبَانِيَةُ

So called because they thrust the people of the fire into it. (Katádeh)

The angels mentioned in the Qur'ān [66:6] as غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ, i.e. rough in speech or in disposition, strong in deeds or in make.

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is a pl., of which the sing. is زِبْنِيَةٌ , (Akh, Zj, S, K,) as some say, or زَبَانٍ , (Akh, S,) or زُبَانَى , like سُكَارَى , (TA,) or زَابِنٌ , (Akh, S,) or رِبْنِىٌّ , (Ks, K,) the pl. of this last being originally زَبَانِىُّ , the ة [in زَبَانِيَةٌ ] being substituted for the [last] ى : (Bd in xcvi. 18:) but the Arabs hardly, or in nowise, know this [attribution of a sing. to زَبَانِيَةٌ ], holding it to be a pl. having no sing., like أَبَابِيلُ and عَبَادِيدُ . (Akh, S.) With the Arabs [of the classical age] it signifies The شُرَط [app. in the earlier sense of the braves of an army, or in the later sense of the armed attendants, officers, or soldiers, of the prefect of the police]: (S:) this is the primary signification: (Bd in xcvi. 18:) the sing. being syn. with شُرْطِىٌّ : and also signifying the مُتَمَرِّد [i. e. one who exalts himself, or is insolent and audacious, in pride and in acts of rebellion or disobedience, &c.,] of the jinn, or genii, and of mankind: (K:) and i. q. شَدِيدٌ [i. e. strong, &c.]: (Secr, K:) each of these two significations [and the first also] being from the meaning of “ pushing, ” or “ thrusting. ” (TA.) الزَّبَانِيَةُ signifies also Certain angels, [the tormentors of the damned in Hell,] so called because of their thrusting the people of the fire thereto; (Katádeh, S, Msb; *) the angels mentioned in the Kur [lxvi. 6] as غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ , (Zj,) i. e. rough in speech or in disposition, strong in deeds or in make. (Bd.)
Nounزَبَّانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a proper name of a mangenerated

1

[Freytag is said to give this word as meaning a foot (“pes”), on the authority of J, as though he had found it explained by the word رِجْل; but this is a mistake: it is said in the S that زَبَّانٌ is the name of a man.]

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[ is said by Freytag to signify a foot (“ pes ”), as on the authority of J; as though he had found it expl. by the word رِجْل : but this is a mistake: it is said in the S that زَبَّانٌ is the name of a man ( اِسْمُ رَجُلٍ ).]
Nounزِبِّينٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one striving to hold back the urine and excrementgenerated

1

One striving to hold back the urine and excrement.

[The word, with the article, ال, is explained by مُدَافِعُ الأَخْبَثَيْنِ; see form 3 in art. دفع, and see also أَخْبَثُ.]

Such a person is said in a tradition to be one of those from whom prayer will not be accepted; or, as some relate it, the word there is زِنِّين with ن [in place of the ب].

Or it means one who holds them back against his will.

1.1there is not anyone in it—مَا بِهَا زِبِّينٌ

That is, in the house; so says Aboo-Shubrumeh.

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One striving to suppress the urine and ordure: (K, * TA: [the word, with the article ال , is expl. by مُدَافِعُ الأَخْبَثَيْنِ : see 3 in art. دفع , and see also أَخْبَثُ :]) such is said in a trad. to be one of those from whom prayer will not be accepted; or, as some relate it, it is the زِنِّين , with ن [in the place of the ب ]: (TA:) or it means one withholding them against his will. (K.) One says also, مَا بِهَا زِبِّينٌ , meaning There is not in it [i. e. the house, الدَّار ,] any one: so says Aboo-Shubrumeh. (TA.)
Nounزَبُّونَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — pride; a man who defends his honour; the neckgenerated

1pride—كِبْرٌ
1.1a man who defends his honour, or reputation—رَجُلٌ ذُو زَبُّونَةٍ

Probably from the preceding meaning; the same as مَانِعٌ جَانِبَهُ [see جَانِبٌ].

Or a man who defends what is behind his back ( مَا وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِ [perhaps meaning his household: see ظَهْرٌ]).

2the neck—زُبُّونَةٌ

Or زَبُّونَةٌ may mean the ear, and the plural زَبُّونَاتٌ the head and neck of a horse, by a metonymy, because the ears are in it.

take hold of his horns and his neck—خُذْ بِقُرُونِهِ وَبِزَبُّونَتِهِ

The headword has this meaning as well.

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Pride; syn. كِبْرٌ . (S.) And [hence, probably,] رَجُلٌ ذُو زَبُّونَةٍ i. q. مَانِعٌ جَانِبَهُ [app. meaning A man who defends his honour, or reputation: see جَانِبٌ ]: (S, TA:) or a man who defends what is behind his back ( مَا وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِ [perhaps meaning his household: see ظَهْرٌ ]). (TA, and so in a copy of the S.) Also, and زُبُّونَةٌ , The neck; (IAar, K;) as in the saying خُذْ بِقُرُونِهِ وَبِزَبُّونَتِهِ [Take thou hold of his horns and his neck]: (IAar, TA:) or زَبُّونَةٌ may signify the ear; and the pl. زَبُّونَاتٌ , the head and neck of a horse, by a metonymy, because the ears are therein. (Ham p. 58, q. v.)
Nounزُبُّونَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the neck; or the eargenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounزَابِنٌ1 sense

Core sense — pushing, or thrusting, awaygenerated

1

See زَبَانِيَةٌ, first sentence.

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: see زَبَانِيَةٌ , first sentence.
Nounزَابِنَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an eminence rising high in a valley that bends away from itgenerated

1an eminence rising high in a valley that bends, or turns, away from it—أَكَمَة

As though it pushed the valley away.

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An [eminence such as is termed] أَكَمَة , (K, TA,) raised high (TA) in a valley that bends, or turns, from it; (K, TA;) as though it pushed it, or thrust it, away. (TA.)