عَانَةٌ
1.
2.
And [hence, apparently,] العَانَةُ is the appel-lation of (assumed tropical:) Certain white stars, beneath the
سُعُود [plural of سَعْد, q. v.]. (K.)
3.
Also The pubes; i. e. the hair of the
رَكَب; (S, Msb, K;) the hair that grows above the anterior pudendum; (Mgh;) or, [as some say,] above that of a woman: (TA:) or, according to Az (Mgh, Msb, TA) and AHeyth, (TA,) the place of growth of the hair above the anterior pudendum of a man (Msb, TA) and of a woman; (TA;) the hair itself being called the شِعْرَة (Mgh, Msb, TA) and the إِسْب; (Msb, TA;) though it is also called عانة (Mgh, Msb) by an extension of the proper meaning (Mgh) or by an ellipsis: (Msb:) the word is originally عَوَنَةٌ: (Msb:) and the diminutive is
عُوَيْنَةٌ. (Mgh.)
4.
فُلَانٌ عَلَي عَلَي عَانَةِ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَايءِلٍ is a saying mentioned by Lh as meaning جَمَاعَتِهِمْ
وَحُرْمَتِهِمْ [i. e., apparently, Such a one is over the collective body, or community, and those who are under the protection, of the tribe of Bekr Ibn-Wáïl]: and it is said to mean, he is manager, orderer, or regulator, of their affairs. (TA.)
5.
And عَانَةٌ is said to signify in the dialect of 'AbdEl-Keys A share of water for land. (TA.)