حَشًا

1.
The contents of the belly: (K:) or a bowel, or an intestine, into which the food passes from the stomach; synonym مِعًى: (Msb:) plural أَحْشَاءٌ: (Msb, K:) and حُشْوَةٌ and حِشْوَةٌ signify the bowels, or intestines; [like أَحْشَاءٌ;] synonym أَمْعَاءٌ: (Msb:) or these are called البَطْنِ حُشْوَةُ and حِشْوَتُهُ: (S, TA:) or حشوة signifies all that is in the belly except the fat; so according to Az and Esh-Sháfi'ee: or, according to As, the place of the food, comprising the أَحْشَاء and the أَقْصَاب: (TA:) [see also مَحْشًى:] الحَشَا is the name of all the places of the food: (Zj in his “Khalk el-Insán:”) [see also, for other meanings, its dialect var. حَشًى, in article حشى:] the word belongs to this article and to article حشى; the dual being حَشَوَانِ and حَشَيَانِ. (TA.)
2.
A side, (Msb, TA,) region, quarter, or tract. (Msb.) You say, أَنَا فِى حَشَا فُلَانٍ I am in the quarter and protection of such a one: plural as above. (Har p. 61.) [See, again, حَشًى, in article حشى.]

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