عون

عَانَةٌ ذ A herd of wild asses: (S, K:) and a she-ass: (K:) pl. عُونٌ, (S, K,) and some say عَانَاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence, app.,] العَانَةُ is the appel-lation of (assumed tropical:) Certain white stars, beneath the سُعُود [pl. of سَعْد, q. v.]. (K.) -A2- Also The pubes; i. e. the hair of the رَكَب; (S, Msb, K;) the hair that grows above the anterior pudendum; (Mgh;) or, [as some say,] above that of a woman: (TA:) or, accord. to Az (Mgh, Msb, TA) and AHeyth, (TA,) the place of growth of the hair above the anterior pudendum of a man (Msb, TA) and of a woman; (TA;) the hair itself being called the شِعْرَة (Mgh, Msb, TA) and the اـِسْب; (Msb, TA;) though it is also called عانة (Mgh, Msb) by an extension of the proper meaning (Mgh) or by an ellipsis: (Msb:) the word is originally عَوَنَةٌ: (Msb:) and the dim. is ↓ عُوَيْنَةٌ. (Mgh.) -A3- فُلَانٌ عَلَي عَلَي عَانَةِ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ is a saying mentioned by Lh as meaning جَمَاعَتِهِمْ وَحُرْمَتِهِمْ [i. e., app., Such a one is over the collective body, or community, and those who are under the protection, of the tribe of Bekr Ibn-Wáïl ]: and it is said to mean, he is manager, orderer, or regulator, of their affairs. (TA.) -A4- And عَانَةٌ is said to signify in the dial. of 'AbdEl-Keys A share of water for land. (TA.)