زفان
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
زفان doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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زِفَّانٌ
زِفَّانٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.…
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زَفَّانٌ
زَفَّانٌ ذ A dancer: [whence] one says, الصُّوفِيَّةُ زَفَّانَةٌ جَفَّانَةٌ The Soofees are dancers, providers of food with their جَفَنَات [or bowls, which many of them, leading a mendicant-life, as darweeshes, are in th…
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