ḥināyatun HinaAyapN حِنَايَةٌ Bookmark Bookmarked Share A state of bending, or curving. (K.) Hence the saying, respecting a man in whose back is a bending, إِنَّ فِيهِ لِحِنَايَةٌ يَهُودِيَّةٌ [Verily in him is a Jewish bending.] (TA.)