فنك

فَنَكٌ ذ A certain beast, (Kr, O, K,) of the skin of which the furred garment is made; (Kr, S, O;) [the marten; ] the furred garment whereof is the best sort of such garments, and the highest in estimation, and the most equable, and is suitable to all temperate constitutions: (K:) it is said to be a species of the Turkish fox's cubs; and therefore Az and others say that the word is arabicized; some of the travellers relate that it is applied to the young-one of the jackal (اِبْن اآوَى) in the country of the Turks: (Msb:) it is also said to mean a certain skin that is worn; and to be an arabicized word: [in Pers. a furred garment is called فَنَك:] IDrd says, “ I do not think it to be Arabic: ” and MF mentions ↓ فَنِيكٌ as signifying an animal like the fox; an arabicized word; from [a work entitled] غَايَة البَيَان; and he says that it appears to be the فَنَك that is mentioned in the K. (TA.) ― -b2- See also فَنْكٌ.