عِجَانٌ

1.
[The perinæum; i. e.] what is between the anus and the scrotum: (S, Msb:) or the [protion of the] قَضِيب [or virga] that is extended from the scrotum to the anus; (K;) or the kinder portion of the penis, extended within the skin: and that of a woman is the وَتَرَة [or intervening part, perhaps so called as being likened to the partition between the nostrils,] that is between the vulva and the anus: (TA:) and the اِسْت [or anus itself]: (K:) [see also عَضْرَطٌ:] plural [of pauc.] أَعْجِنًةٌ and [of mult.] عُجُنٌ. (TA.) اِبْنُ حَمْرَاءِ العِجَانِ is an appellation used in reviling, applied to one who is not an Arab; (TA in this article;) or meaning Son of the female slave. (TA in article حمر.)
2.
Also The neck, (K, TA,) in the dialect of El-Yemen: or, as in the “ Nawádir ” of El- Kálee, the part beneath the chin. (K.)

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