Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

خُوَيْفٌ خويف : see خَافٌ.

خُوَيْفَةٌ خويف خويفه خويفة : see خَافَةٌ.

خَوَّافٌ خافية خواف : see خَافٌ. ― -b2- [Hence, perhaps,] A certain black bird: ISd says, I know not why it is thus called. (TA.)

خَائِفٌ ذ Fearing; being afraid or frightened or terrified: (S, * TA:) pl. خُوَّفٌ (S, K) and خُيَّفٌ, (S,) or خِيَّفٌ, (K,) or, accord. to Ks, خُيَّفٌ and خِيفٌ and خُوفٌ, (L,) [but the second and third of these three should be خِيَّفٌ and خُوَّفٌ, for all are said to be of the measure فُعَّلٌ,] and ↓ خَوْفٌ; or this last is a quasi-pl. n.; (K;) whence, in the Kur [vii. 54], خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا, meaning Worship ye Him fearing his punishment and eagerly desiring his recompense. (TA.) See also خَافٌ. ― -b2- And see مَخُوفٌ.

طَرِيقٌ مُخَافٌ طريق مخاف [for مُخَافٌ أَهْلُهُ, A road of which the people, or passengers, are caused to fear, by robbers]. (Msb.) [See also what next follows.])

طَرِيقُ مَخُوفٌ طريق مخوف A road in which people fear: (S, * Msb, K:) or a road that is feared; (JK, TA;) as also ↓ مَخِيفٌ, and ↓ خَائِفٌ; which last is tropical, of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; (TA;) or, thus applied, this last [is a possessive epithet, and thus] means having fear: (JK: [see also مُخَافٌ:]) you should not say ↓ طَرِيقٌ مُخِيفٌ, because the road does not cause fear, but only he who robs and slays therein. (S, * K, * TA.) One says also ثَغْرٌ ↓ مَخِيفٌ and ↓ مُتَخَوَّفٌ An enemies' frontier [ that is feared, or] from which one fears, or from the direction of which fear comes. (TA.) مَخُوفٌ signifies A thing [of any kind] that is feared; as a lion, and a serpent, and fire, and the like. (Har p. 369.) [Hence,] حَائِطٌ مَخُوفٌ A wall of which the falling is feared. (Lh, Msb, TA. [See also مُخِيفٌ.]) And وَجَعٌ مَخُوفٌ [ A pain that is feared ]. (TA. [See, again, مُخِيفٌ.]) And أَمْرٌ مَخُوفٌ [ An affair, or event, that is feared ]. (Mgh, Msb. [See, again, مُخِيفٌ.]) And فَاسِقٌ مَخُوفٌ عَلَى مَالِهِ A transgressor who is feared for his property, that he will consume it, and expend it in that which is not right. (Mgh.)

مَخِيفٌ مخيف : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places: and see also what next follows.

حَائِطٌ مُخِيفٌ ذ (Msb, K, in the CK ↓ مَخِيفٌ,) A wall that causes one to fear that it will fall. (Msb, K. * [See also مَخُوفٌ.]) And وَجَعٌ مُخِيفٌ (S, K) A pain that causes him who sees it to fear. (S. [See, again, مَخُوفٌ.]) And أَمْرٌ مُخِيفٌ An affair, or event, that is formidable; that causes him who sees it to fear. (Msb. [See, again, مَخُوفٌ.]) And المُخِيفُ means The lion, (K, TA,) that frightens him who sees him. (TA.) See also مَخُوفٌ, first sentence.

أَخْوَفٌ ذ [ More, and most, formidable, fearful, or feared: anomalous, like its syn. أَخْشَى, being from the pass. verb. Hence,] أَخْوَفُ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ كَذَا [ The most formidable, or fearful, of what I fear for you is such a thing ]. (Mgh, * TA.)

مَخَافَةٌ مخافه مخافة an inf. n. of 1, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) originally مَخْوَفَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Also A cause of fear: a word of the same category as مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ &c.: pl. مَخَاوِفُ. Hence,] أَوَّلُ كُتُبِهِ المَخَاوِفُ [ The first of his letters, or epistles, consisted of the causes of fear ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And مَخَاوِفُ also signifies Places of fear. (KL.)

مُتَخَوَّفٌ متخوف : see مَخُوفٌ.

1 خُقْ خُقْ خق خق [imperative of خَاقَ] Ornament thy young woman, or female slave, with the earring. (K. [See خَوْقٌ.]) -A2- خَاقَهَا He (a man, TA) made with her (a woman, TA) the sound termed حَاقِ بَاقِ [ during the act of نِكَاح]. (K.) -A3- خاق الشَّىْءَ He took away the thing, and extirpated it, or removed it utterly. (TA.)

2 خوّقهُ خوقه خوقة , (K,) inf. n. تَخْوِيقٌ, (TA,) He made it wide; (K;) namely, an earring. (TA.)

4 اخاق اخاق He (a man, TA) went away into, or in, the country, or land. (Sgh, K.)

5 تخوّق تخوق It (an earring, TA) was, or became, wide, or widened. (K.) [See also 7.] ― -b2- تخوّق عَنْهُ He went, retired, or withdrew himself, far away from him, or it. (K, * TA.) And He left, quitted, or forsook, it; namely, a course that he desired, or meant, to pursue. (TA.)

7 انخاقت المَفَازَةُ انخاقت المفازه انخاقت المفازة The desert was wide within. (JK, K, * TA.) [See also 5.]

خَاقٌ خاق The length of a desert. (JK, TA.) -A2- الخَاقِ بَاقِ, (S, K,) or خَاقِ بَاقِ, (IB, TA,) or the latter also, without ال, (K, accord. to the TA, [but not in the CK nor in my MS. copy of the K,) The sound of the ذَكَر in the flesh of the interior of the فَرْج; (IAar, K, * TA;) or the sound of the فَرْج on the occasion of the act of نِكَاح. (IB, TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (IB, TA,) or because of its خَوَق, i. e. width, (S, K, *) The فَرْج [or vulva, itself]. (S, IB, K.) الخَاقِ بَاقِ is indecl., with kesr for its termination, (S,) like الخَازِ بَازِ. (S, K.)

خَوْقٌ خوق [in the L خُوق, which is evidently a mistranscription; and in one copy of the S, in one place, written خَوْقَة;] A ring (S, L, TA) of gold and of silver: (L, TA:) or, accord. to Th, a ring [ that is worn ] in the ear: he does not say of gold nor of silver: (TA:) or the ring of the [ kind of earring called ] قُرْط and of the [ kind called ] شَنْف. (Lth, K.)

خَوَقٌ خوق Width (S, K) of a desert, and of a well, and of a vulva: (S:) or, of a desert, width of the interior: (JK:) or length, and breadth of expanse, and width of the interior: and of a well, depth and width. (TA.) -A2- And The mange, or scab, in camels: (El-Umawee, S, K:) or [ a disease ] like the mange or scab. (TA.)

أَخْوَقُ ذ [ Wide; or wide in the interior; or farextending: fem. خَوْقَاآءُ: pl. خُوقٌ]. You say خَرْقٌ أَخْرَقُ (JK, K, TA, [in the CK جَوْفٌ, and in my MS. copy of the K خَوْقٌ,]) A wide [ desert such as is termed ] خَرْق: (K:) or a خَرْق wide in the interior. (JK.) And مَفَازَةٌ خَوْقَاآءُ (JK, S, K) and ↓ مُنْخَاقَةٌ (JK, K) A wide desert: (S, K:) or a desert wide in the interior: (JK:) and the former, also, a desert in which is no water. (TA.) And بَلَدٌ أَخْوَقٌ A wide, far-extending region or country. (TA.) And بِئْرٌ خَوْقَاآءُ (S, K) and ↓ مُنْخَاقَةٌ (K) A wide well: (S, K:) or رَكِيَّةٌ خَوْقَاءُ a deep and wide well. (JK, TA.) ― -b2- And the fem., خَوْقَاآءُ, applied to a woman, Having no partition between her vulva and her anus: or having her vagina and rectum united: or wide in the vulva: (TA:) or tall and slender. (JK, TA.) ― -b3- And, so applied, Foolish, or stupid: (ISh, JK, K:) pl. خُوقٌ. (ISh, K.) ― -b4- And the masc., (applied to a man, JK,) Blind of one eye; or one-eyed: (JK, K:) pl. as above. (JK.) -A2- Also, applied to a camel, Mangy, or scabby: (S, K:) or having what resembles the mange or scab: (TA:) fem. as above. (S, K.)

مُخَوَّقٌ مخوق An earring having a large خَوْق [or ring ]. (IAar.)

مَفَازَةٌ مُنْخَاقَةٌ مفازة منخاقه مفازة منخاقة and بِئْرٌ مُنْخَاقَةٌ: see أَخْوَقُ.

1 خَالَ خال خالي , aor. يَخُولُ, inf. n. خَوْلٌ, He became possessed of خَوَل [so I read, meaning slaves, or servants, and other dependents, in the place of خوال, an evident mistranscription, in the TA,] after having been alone. (TA.) ― -b2- فُلَانٌ يَخُولُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ Such a one pastures for his family: (S:) or يَخُولُ عَلَيْهِمْ signifies he milks and waters and pastures for them. (T, TA.) And خال عَلَيْهِمْ He ruled, or governed, them. (JK.) And خال مَالَهُ, (K, * TA,) aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. خَوْلٌ and خِيَالٌ, (K,) He pastured his cattle, or camels &c., and managed them, or tended them, and sustained them, (K, * TA,) well: (K:) or خُلْتُ المَالَ, aor. أَخُولُ, I managed the cattle, &c., well: (S:) and خال عَلَى المَالِ, aor. يَخُولُ, he pastured the cattle, &c., and managed them well; as also خال, aor. يَخِيلُ. (TA in art. خيل.) -A2- خال, aor. يَخُولُ and يَخَالُ or يَخِيلُ, see اختال (with which it is syn.) in art. خيل.

2 خوّلهُ ا@للّٰهُ الشَّىْءَ ذ , (JK, S,) or مَالًا, (Msb,) or المَالَ, (K,) inf. n. تَخْوِيلٌ, (S,) God made him to possess, (JK, S,) or gave him, (Msb, K,) or conferred upon him, as a favour, (K,) the thing, (JK, S,) or property, (Msb,) or the property. (K.) So in the Kur vi. 94 and xxxix. 11 [and 50]. (TA.)

4 أَخْوَلَ ذ (JK, Msb, K) and أُخْوِلَ (K) He (a man, JK, Msb) had maternal uncles: (JK, K:) or he had many maternal uncles: (Msb:) [both signify the same accord. to the K: but the latter properly signifies he was made to have maternal uncles, or many maternal uncles: see مُخْوَلٌ.] -A2- مِنَ الخَيْرِ ↓ اخال فيه خَالًا He perceived, or discovered, in him an indication, or a symptom, sign, mark, or token, of good; as also ↓ تخوّل (JK, S, K) and تخيّل. (K.) [See also 2 in art. خيل.] -A3- See also 10, in two places.

5 تَخَوَّلَ see 4: -A2- and see also 10, in three places. -A3- تخوّلهُ also signifies He paid frequent attention, or returned time after time, (JK, S, K,) to it, (JK,) or to him; syn. تَعَهَّدَهُ. (JK, S, K.) You say, تَخَوَّلْتُهُمْ بِالمَوْعِظَةِ I paid frequent attention to them with exhorting, or admonishing; syn. تَعَهَّدْتُهُمْ. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., of the Prophet, كَانَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالمَوْعِظَةِ مَخَافَةَ السَّاآمَةِ [ He used to pay frequent attention to us with exhorting, or admonishing, for fear of loathing on our part, or disgust ]; (S;) or يَتَخَوَّلُهُمْ, i. e. يَتَعَهَّدُهُمْ: (TA:) As used to say يَتَخَوَّنُنَا, i. e. يَتَعَهَّدُنَا; (S;) or يَتَخَوَّنُهُمْ: and some read يَتَحَوَّلُهُمْ, with the unpointed ح, explained in art. حول. (TA.) And sometimes they said, تخوّلتِ, الرِّيحُ الأَرْضَ, i. e. تَعَهَّدَتْهَا [app. meaning The wind returned to the land time after time ]. (S.)

10 اِسْتَخْوَلَهُمْ استخولهم He took them as خَوَل, (K, TA,) i. e. slaves, or servants, and other dependents. (TA.) -A2- استخول فِيهِمْ and استخال He took, or adopted, them as maternal uncles: and خَالًا ↓ تخوّل he took, or adopted, a maternal uncle; (K;) like as one says, تَعَمَّمَ عَمًّا: and ↓ تَخَوَّلَتْهُ She called him her maternal uncle. (TA.) You say, اِسْتَخِلْ خَالًا غَيْرَ خَالِكَ and اِسْتَخْوِلْ (JK, S) and ↓ تَخَوَّلَ (JK) Adopt thou a maternal uncle other than thy [proper] maternal uncle. (JK, * S.) -A3- الاِسْتِخْوَالُ is also like الاِسْتِخْبَالُ [as meaning The asking one to lend cattle, or camels &c.: and ↓ الاـِخْوَالُ is like الاـِخْبَالُ as meaning The lending cattle, or camels &c.]: and AO used to recite thus the saying of Zuheyr: ↓ هُنَالَكَ اـِنْ يُسْتَخْوَلُوا المَالَ يُخْوِلُوا [ There, if they be asked to lend cattle, they lend ]. (S, TA. [See also 10 in art. خبل.])

خَالٌ خال خالي A maternal uncle; one's mother's brother: (JK, S, K:) pl. أَخْوَالٌ (S, Msb, K) and أَخْوِلَةٌ, (K,) [both pls. of pauc.,] the latter anomalous, (TA,) and (of mult., TA) خُوَّلٌ and خُؤُولٌ (K) and خُؤُولَةٌ: (Msb, K:) the fem. is خَالَ, (JK, S, K,) a maternal aunt; one's mother's sister: (JK, S:) and the pl. of this is خَالَاتٌ. (Msb.) One says, هُمَاا@بْنَا خَالَةٍ [meaning Each of them two is a son of a maternal aunt of the other ]; but one cannot say, ا@بْنَا عَمَّةٍ: (K:) and in like manner one says, ا@بْنَا عَمًّ; but one cannot say, ا@بْنَا خَالٍ. (TA.) -A2- An owner of a horse: you say, أَنَا خَالُ هٰذَا الفَرَسِ I am the owner of this horse. (K.) [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.] ― -b2- هُوَ خَالُ مَالٍ and مَالٍ ↓ خَائِلُ He is a manager, or tender, of cattle, or camels &c.; (K;) or a good manager or tender thereof; (S, K; *) and so مَالٍ ↓ خَوْلِىُّ: (S:) ↓ خَائِلٌ signifies also a keeper, or guardian, of a thing; (T, S;) or a pastor; (Fr, TA;) a people's pastor, who milks and waters and pastures for them; and one who pays frequent attention to a thing, puts it into a good or right state, or restores it to such a state, and undertakes the management of it: (T, TA:) خُوَّلٌ [is a pl. of خَائِلٌ, like as نُوَّمٌ is of نَائِمٌ, &c., and] signifies pastors who take care of cattle, or camels &c.: (TA:) and ↓ خَوْلِىٌّ, (K,) or, accord. to the M, ↓ خَوَلِىٌّ, (TA,) signifies a pastor who is a good manager of cattle, or camels, and sheep or goats; (M, K, * TA;) or a good manager and orderer of the affairs of men; (TA;) and its pl. [or quasi-pl. n. or n. un.] is ↓ خَوَلٌ; (M, K;) accord. to the M, like as عَرَبٌ is of عَرَبِىٌّ. (TA.) [See also خَالٌ in art. خيل.] -A3- An indication, or a symptom, sign, mark, or token, of good (S, * K, TA) in a person. (S, TA.) See 4. -A4- A mole; i. e. [ a thing resembling ] a pimple in the face, inclining to blackness: dim. ↓ خُوَيْلٌ and خُيَيْلٌ: and pl. خِيلَانٌ. (JK. [See also art. خيل.]) -A5- The [ kind of banner called ] لِوَاآء, of an army or a military force. (S, K. [See also art. خيل.]) ― -b2- A kind of soft garment, or cloth, of the fabric of El-Yemen: (JK:) a kind of بُرْد, (S, K,) well known, (K,) having a red [or brown ] ground, with black lines or stripes. (TA. [Mentioned also in art. خيل.]) -A6- A black stallion-camel. (IAar, K. [See also art. خيل.])

خَوَلٌ خول A man's slaves, or servants, and other dependents: (S, Msb, TA:) or slaves, and cattle, or camels &c.: (JK:) or the cattle, camels &c., [in the CK, النِّعَم is erroneously put for النَّعَم,] and male and female slaves, and other dependents, given to one by God: (K:) said to be (S) from 2 [q. v.]: (JK, S, TA:) it is said to be a quasi-pl. n.; (TA;) and the sing. is ↓ خَائِلٌ; (S, K, TA;) though used as sing. and pl., and masc. and fem.: (K:) sometimes used as a sing. applied to a male slave and a female slave: but Fr says that it is pl. [or quasi-pl. n.] of ↓ خَائِلٌ meaning a pastor. (S.) You say هٰؤُلَاآءِ خَوَلُ فُلَانٍ, meaning These are persons who have been subjected, and taken as slaves, by such a one. (TA.) ― -b2- See also خَالٌ. ― -b3- Also A gift, or gifts: [and this seems to be the primary signification; whence “ a slave ” &c., and “ slaves ” &c., as being given by God:] so in the phrase, هُوَ كَثرُ الخَوَلِ [ He is a person of many gifts ]. (TA.) -A2- Accord. to Lth, (TA,) it signifies also The lower part (أَصْل) of the فَأْس [q. v.] of a bit: (JK, K, TA:) but Az says, “ I know not the خول of the bit nor what it is. (TA.) [See خَالٌ, last sentence but one, in art. خيل.]

خَوْلَةٌ خول خوله خولة A female gazelle. (IAar, K.)

خَوْلِىٌّ خول خولى خولي : see خَالٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also A measurer of land with the measuring-cane. (TA.)

خَوَلِىٌّ خول خولى خولي : see خَالٌ.

خُوَيْلٌ خويل : see خَالٌ, of which it is the dim.

خُؤُولَةٌ ذ The relationship of a maternal uncle [and of a maternal aunt ]: (JK, S, K, TA:) an inf. n. (JK, TA) having no verb. (TA.) You say, بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ خُؤُولَةٌ [ Between me and him is a relationship of maternal uncle ]. (S, K.) -A2- Also a pl. of خَالٌ in the first of the senses assigned to the latter above. (Msb, K.)

خَوَّالٌ خوال خوالي A giver of many gifts. (TA.)

خَائِلٌ ذ : see خَالٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and خَوَلٌ, also in two places.

تَطَايَرَ الشَّرَرُ أَخْوَلَ أَخْوَلَ ذ The sparks flew about scattered; meaning the sparks that fly about from hot iron when it is beaten; as in a verse of Dábi [El-Burjumee] cited in art. سقط: see 3 in that art. (S.) And ذَهَبُو أَخْوَلَ أَخْوَلَ They went away scattered, (JK, S, K,) one after another, like as sparks are scattered from iron: or, as some say, الأَخْوَلُ itself means sparks: (JK:) [but here,] اخول اخول are two nouns made into one, and indecl., with fet-h for the termination: (S:) Sb says that they may be like شَغَرَ بَغَرَ, or like يَوْمَ يَوْمَ. (TA.) -A2- هُوَ أَخْوَلُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ He is prouder than such a one. (Suh, TA.) [See also أَخْيَلُ, in art. خيل.]

مُخَالٌ مخال : see مُخْوَلٌ.

مَخُولٌ مخذول : see أَخْيَلٌ, in art. خيل.

مُخْوَلٌ مخل مخول and ↓ مُخْوِلٌ A man having maternal uncles: (TA:) or the former signifies a man made to have many maternal uncles; and ↓ the latter, having many maternal uncles: (Msb:) and رَجُلٌ مُعَمٌّ مُخْوَلٌ (Msb, K) and ↓ مُخَالٌ, (JK, K,) and ↓ مُعِمٌّ مُخْوِلٌ, A man who has generous paternal and maternal uncles: (Msb, K:) but As disallows مُعِمٌّ and ↓ مُخْوِلٌ: (Msb:) and the latter word in each case is not used, (K,) or is scarcely ever used, (TA,) without the former. (K, TA.)

مُخْوِلٌ مخل مخول : see what next precedes, in four places.

اـِنَّهُ لَمَخِيلٌ لِلْخَيْرِ انه لمخيل للخير , (K in this art.,) or مُخِيلٌ, (S in art. خيل,) Verily he is adapted or disposed by nature to good [i. e. to be, or to do, or to effect, or to produce, what is good ]. (S, K.) [See also مُخِيلٌ in art. خيل.]

4 اخام اخام : see art. خيم.

خَامٌ خام : see art. خيم.

خَامَةٌ خذامه خذامة : see art. خيم.

1 خَانَهُ خان خانه خانة , (S, K,) aor. يَخُونُهُ, (S,) inf. n. خِيَانَةٌ and خَوْنٌ and مَخَانَةٌ (S, K) and خَانَةٌ (K) and خَائِنَةٌ, of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ, like لَاغِيَةٌ &c.; (TA;) and ↓ اختانهُ; (S, K;) He was unfaithful, or he acted unfaithfully, to the confidence, or trust, that he reposed in him; (K;) [ he was treache rous, perfidious, or unfaithful, to him; or he acted treacherously, perfidiously, or unfaithfully, towards him; ] فِى كَذَا [ in such a thing ]: (S:) خِيَانَةٌ is the contr. of أَمَانَةٌ; and does not relate only to property, but also to other things: (Mgh:) or the neglecting, or failing in, أَمَانَةٌ [which is trustiness, or faithfulness ]: (El-Harállee, TA:) or i. q. نِفَاقٌ, except that خيانة regards a compact or covenant or the like, and trustiness, or faith fulness, and نفاق regards religion; so that the former is the acting contrary to what is right, by breaking a compact or covenant or the like: (Er Rághib, TA:) but [it is said that] the primary signification of خَوْنٌ is the making to suffer loss, or diminution; because the خَائِن makes the مَخُون to suffer loss, or diminution, of something. (TA.) Hence, in the Kur [ii. 183], كُنْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ ↓ تَخْتَانُونَ [lit. Ye used to act unfaith fully to yourselves ] means ye used to act un faithfully, one to another: (S, * TA:) or ye used to act wrongfully to yourselves: اِخْتِيَانٌ has a more intensive signification than خِيَانَةٌ. (Bd.) One says also, خان العَهْدَ He broke the compact or covenant or the like: whence, تَقُولُ النِّعْمَةُ كُفِرْتُ وَلَمْ أُشْكَرْ وَتَقُولُ الأَمَانَةُ خُنْتُ وَلَمْ أُحْفَظْ [ The benefit says, I have been disacknowledged, and have not been requited with thankfulness; and the trust says, I have been betrayed, and have not been faithfully kept ]: the verb [خُنْتُ] being here of the measure فُعِلْتُ, a verb of which the agent is not named. (Mgh.) And خَانَهُ العَهْدَ, (Msb, K,) and فِى العَهْدِ, (Msb,) and خانهُ الأَمَانَةَ, (Msb, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. خَوْنٌ and خِيَانَةٌ and مَخَانَةٌ, (Msb,) [ He was unfaithful to him in respect of the compact or covenant or the like, and the trust. ] ― -b2- [Hence,] خان سَيْفُهُ (assumed tropical:) [ His sword was unfaithful; ] i. e., failed of taking ef fect upon the thing struck with it. (TA.) A cer tain person, being asked respecting the sword, said, أَخُوكَ وَ رُبَّمَا خَانَكَ (assumed tropical:) [It is thy brother, but sometimes it is unfaithful to thee ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And خَانَتْهُ رِجْلَاهُ (assumed tropical:) [ His two legs were unfaithful to him; ] he was unable to walk. (TA.) ― -b4- And خان الدَّلْوَ الرِّشَاآءُ (assumed tropical:) The well-rope broke off, or be came severed, from the bucket. (TA.) ― -b5- And خانهُ الدَّهْرُ, inf. n. خَوْنٌ; (T, TA;) and ↓ تخوّنهُ; (TA;) (assumed tropical:) Time altered his state, or condition, (T, TA,) from softness, or easiness, to hardness, or difficulty, (TA,) or to evil; (T, TA;) and in like manner, النَّعِيمُ [ enjoyment, &c.]: and of everything that has altered thy state, or condition, [for the worse,] one says, ↓ تَخَوَّنَكَ. (T, TA.)

2 خوّنهُ خائن خون خونه خوننه خونة , (S, K,) inf. n. تَخْوِينٌ, (K,) He attributed to him خِيَانَة [i. e. treachery, perfidy, or unfaithfulness ]. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also 5, in two places.

5 تخوّنهُ تخون تخونه تخوننه تخونة وخى خان خون : see 1, last sentence, in two places. You say also, تَخَوَّنَهُمْ meaning He sought [ to discover, or show, ] their خِيَانَة [i. e. treachery, perfidy, or unfaithfulness ], and their slip, lapse, or wrong action; and suspected them, or accused them. (TA.) ― -b2- Also He, or it, diminished it, wasted it, impaired it, or took from it; and so ↓ خوّنهُ, and خوّن مِنْهُ: (K:) or diminished it, wasted it, impaired it, or took from it, by little and little; syn. تَنَقَّصَهُ. (JK, * S, Msb.) You say, تَخَوَنَنِى فُلَانٌ حَقِّى Such a one took from me by little and little of my right, or due. (S, TA.) And Dhu-r-Rummeh says, لَا بَلْ هُوَ الشَّوْقُ مِنْ دَارٍ تَخَوَّنَهَا مَرًّا سَحَابٌ وَمَرًّا بَارِحٌ تَرِبُ [ No, but it is, or was, yearning of the soul arising from a place of abode from which some times raining clouds, and sometimes a hot wind carrying with it dust, took away by little and little, so as gradually to efface the traces thereof]. (S, TA.) And Lebeed says, (S, TA,) describing a she-camel, (TA,) تَخَوَّنَهَا نُزُولِى وَا@رْتِحَالِى [ Which my alighting and my journeying had wasted by little and little; ] i. e. whose flesh and fat my alighting and my journeying had diminished by little and little. (S, TA.) -A2- Also He paid frequent attention to him, or it; or he, or it, returned to him, or it, time after time; syn. تَعَهَّدَهُ; (JK, S, K;) and so ↓ خوّنهُ: (K:) in this sense, the former verb is [said to be] from تخوّلهُ, by the substitution of ن for ل (TA.) Dhu-r-Rummeh says, [describing a young gazelle,] لَا يَنْعَشُ الطَّرْفَ اـِلَّا مَا تَخَوَّنَهُ دَاعٍ يُنَادِيهِ بِا@سْمِ المَاآءِ مَبْغُومُ (S,) [ He raises not his eye, or eyes, except when a caller calling him by the sound of مَاآءِ returns to him time after time, addressed by the cry termed بُغَام:] i. e. except when he hears the بُغَام of his mother calling him by the cry مَاآءِ مَاآءِ: (TA in art. بغم: [it is there added, that the pass. part. n. مَبْغُوم is used in this instance for the act. part. n.; but for this I see no sufficient reason:]) he says that the young gazelle is slum bering, not raising his eye, or eyes, unless his mother comes to him time after time: or, as some say, unless his mother's call to him takes by little and little from his sleep. (S in the present art.) One says also الحُمَّىتَخَوَّنُهُ [for تَتَخَوَّنُهُ] The fever returns to him time after time: (S:) or in its time. (TA.)

8 اـِخْتَوَنَ see 1, in two places.

خَانٌ خان A place in which travellers lodge: (Msb:) a place in which travellers pass the night: and the دَيْر [i. e. monastery, or convent, ] is the خان of the Christians: (Kull pp. 96 and 97:) or the خان is for merchants; (S, K;) i. q. فُنْدُقٌ; (Har p. 325;) [ a building for the reception of mer chants and travellers and their goods, generally surrounding a square or an oblong court, having, on the ground-floor, vaulted magazines for mer chandise, which face the court, and lodgings, or other magazines, above: a Persian word, arabi cized:] pl. خَانَاتٌ (Msb.) ― -b2- Also A shop: or a shop-keeper: (K:) a Persian word, arabicised. (TA.) -A2- [It is also a title of honour, used by the Tartars (who apply it to their Emperor), the Turks (who apply it to the reigning and to a deceased Sultán), and the Persians (who apply it to the governor of a province, and to a man of rank).]