صحن

صَحْنٌ ذ A great عُسّ [i. e. bowl, or drinkingcup ]; (S, K;) nearly as large as the تِبْن [q. v.]: (Ks, S in art. تبن:) or a shallow عُسّ: (so accord. to a copy of the S:) or a bowl, or drinking-cup, (قَدَح) that is neither large nor small: (TA:) [now applied to a plate, and a dish: ] pl. [of pauc.] أَصْحُنٌ (Msb, * TA) and [of mult.] صِحَانٌ (TA) [and app., agreeably with modern usage, صُحُونٌ]. ― -b2- And [hence,] A [ kind of ] cymbal; (PS;) a small brazen basin, (طُسَيْتٌ, [dim. of طَسْتٌ,]) one of what are termed صَحْنَانِ, (S,) this meaning two little brazen basins, (طُسَيْتَانِ صَغِيرَتَانِ, K,) which are struck together. (S. K.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) The interior of the solid hoof; (K, TA;) also called سكرجة [i. e. سُكُرُّجَة or سُكُرَّجَة]. (TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) The interior of the ear: or the مَحَارَة [i. e. concha ] thereof. (TA.) And صَحْنَا الأُذُنَيْنِ [thus accord. to the TA and my MS. copy of the K, in the CK صَحْناءُ,] (assumed tropical:) The resting-place (مُسْتَقَرّ) of the interior of each of the ears; (K;) meaning the place of hearing [or meatus auditorius ] of the resting-place of the interior of each of the two ears of the horse: pl. أَصْحَانٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- Also The middle of a house; (S, K;) meaning the سَاحَة [i. e. court ] of the middle of a house [and of a mosque &c.]: (TA:) [and also a hall: for] it is thus called whether without, or with, a roof. (Kull, voce بَيْتٌ.) And The سَاحَة [or spacious vacant part ] of the middle of a desert; and of an elevated and plain, or hard and elevated, tract; and of a wide space of low, or depressed, ground: pl. صُحُونٌ, the only pl. form. (TA.) A wide part of a desert: so in the saying, سِرْنَا فِى صَحْنِ الفَلَاةِ [ We journeyed in the wide part of the desert ]. (Msb.) And A level, or plain, tract of ground. (TA.) And An acclivity (سَنَد) of a valley, in which is some elevation above [ other ] elevated ground, as though supported [ by the latter ]; and in like manner, of a mountain, and of a hill such as is termed أَكَمَة; the صُحُون of the ground being the دُفُوف [i. e. banks, or acclivities, ] thereof: it is bare, and such as flows [ with rain ]; and is not thus called unless bare of everything, and even: and it means also an even tract of ground like the area of the place in which dates are put to dry. (TA.) ― -b6- [Hence,] one says, جَرَى الدَّمْعُ عَلَى صَحْنَىْ وَجْنَتَيْهِ (tropical:) [ The tears ran upon the middle of each of his cheek-balls ]. (TA.) -A2- Also A gift. (TA. [See 1, first sentence.])