زبن

زَبَنٌ ذ A side; a lateral, or an adjacent, part or tract or quarter: (K:) [and so, app., ↓ زَبْنٌ and ↓ زِبْنٌ: for] you say, حَلَّ زَبْنًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ, with fet-h, [as well as زَبَنًا, with two fet-hahs,] and زِبْنًا, with kesr, meaning He alighted aside, or apart, from his people, or party; as though he were thrust from their place: scarcely ever, or never, used otherwise than as an adv. n. [of place] or as a denotative of state. (TA.) -A2- Also A piece of cloth [ shaped ] after the fashion of the tent (عَلَى تَقْطِيعِ البَيْتِ), like the حَجَلَة [ a kind of curtained canopy prepared for a bride ]. (K.)