شَنْفٌ

(incorrectly pronounced with damm, IDrd, O, K, i. e. شُنْفٌ, O, TA) The upper قُرْط [i. e. ear-ring or ear-drop]: (S, O, K:) or a pendant (مِعْلَاقٌ) in [or suspended from] the قُوف [apparently meaning the upper part, or perhaps, the helix, in the CK erroneously written فَوْق,] of the ear; (Lth, O, K;) and likewise such as is attached to necklaces: (Lth, O:) or such as is suspended from the upper part of the ear; what is suspended from the lower part [or lobe] thereof being termed قُرْطٌ; (IDrd, O, K;) or this latter is termed رُعْثَةٌ: (IAar, TA:) or, as some say, i. q. قُرْطٌ: (TA:) plural [of mult.] شُنُوفٌ (IDrd, S, O, K) and [of pauc.] أَشْنَافٌ. (TA.)