عِرَانٌ

A piece of wood, or stick, which is inserted in the partition between the nostrils of a camel (S, K) of the species called بُخْتِىّ. (S. [See also خِشَاشٌ.])

And (hence, as being likened thereto, TA) The wooden thing [apparently meaning the pin, or axis,] of the sheave of a pulley, (S, K, TA,) by which the خُطَّاف [or iron thing in which is the pin whereon the sheave turns] is made firm: (S, TA:) plural أَعْرِنَةٌ. (TA.)

And A nail; (S, K, TA;) according to El-Hejeree, that conjoins the spear-head and the shaft. (TA.) And A horn. (K.)

-A2- Also Trees occupying an extended, or oblong, tract. (TA.)

And Roads: in this sense a plural having no singular. (TA.)

-A3- See also عَرِينٌ.

-A4- And see عَرَنٌ, former half.

-A5- Also Distance, or remoteness, (S, K,) of a house, or dwelling, or abode. (S.)

And [hence,] دَارٌ عِرَانٌ (TA) and ↓ دَارٌ عَارِنَةٌ (S) A distant, or remote, house or dwelling or abode; (S, TA;) and دِيَارٌ عِرَانٌ and ↓ دِيَارٌ عَارِنَةٌ distant, or remote, houses &c.; (K, TA;) عِرَانٌ being a verbal noun used as an epithet [and therefore applicable to a plural and to a feminine as well as a masculine singular]: ISd says, it is not in my opinion a plural, as the lexicologists hold it to be. (TA.)

-A6- Also Fight, or conflict. (K.)