عرن

عِرْنِينٌ ذ The first part or portion of anything. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And hence, (Msb,) [particularly,] the first [or upper ] part [i. e. the bridge ] of the nose, beneath the place where the eyebrows come together; the place of what is termed الشَّمَمُ: (S, Msb, TA:) or the head of the nose: (TA:) or the hard part of the bone of the nose: (K:) or it signifies, (K,) or is sometimes applied to, (Msb,) the nose, (Msb, K,) altogether: (K:) pl. عَرَانِينُ. (TA.) One says, هُمْ شُمُّ العَرَانِينِ [ They are high in respect of the noses, or of the bridges thereof; often meaning (assumed tropical:) they are haughty, or disdainful ]. (S, Msb.) And one of the learned has used it metaphorically, saying, وَأَصْبَحَ الدَّهْرُ ذُو العِرْنِينِ قَدْ جُدِعَا [lit. And nosed fortune became mutilated in the nose; by nosed being app. meant (assumed tropical:) haughty, or disdainful; and by mutilated in the nose, (assumed tropical:) marred, or abased ]. (TA.) Hence also, عَرَانِينُ السَّحَابِ The first of the rains of the clouds. (TA.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) A noble chief: (K, TA:) عَرَانِينُ signifies (tropical:) the chiefs, (S, TA,) and noble, (TA,) of a people, or party, (S,) or of the people, or of men. (TA.)