حِنْوٌ

(S, Mgh, K) and ↓ حَنْوٌ (K) Anything in which is a bending, curving, or crookedness, (K,) and the like; (TA;) of the body, (K,) such as the bone beneath the eyebrow, (K, * TA,) and the jaw-bone, and a rib; and of other things, such as the [high ground termed] قُفّ, and the [tract of sand termed] حِقْف, (K,) and the bend of a valley [like مَحْنِيَةٌ &c.]: (TA:) see مَحْنِيَةٌ: and any curved piece of wood, (K,) such as any of the curved pieces of wood of the horse's saddle, and of the [camel's saddle called] قَتَب, (S, * CK, TA,) and of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل: (CK, TA:) each of [the curved pieces of wood called] the قَرْبُوسَانِ, the anterior and the posterior, of the horse's saddle: (Mgh:) and a bending, curving, or crookedness, of anything: whence, حِنْوٌ الجَبَلِ [the bend of the mountain]: (S:) plural [of pauc.] أَحْنَاءٌ (S, Mgh, K) and [of mult.] حِنِىٌّ, [in the CK, erroneously, حَنِىٌّ,] and حُنِىٌّ [originally حُنُوٌّ, first altered to حُنِىٌّ, and then, because of the kesreh, to حِنِىٌّ]. (K, TA.)

[The dual] حِنْوَانِ signifies The two curved pieces of wood, with a net upon them, by means of which wheat is conveyed to the heap that is collected together in the place where it is trodden out. (K.)

And the plural أَحْنَاءٌ, i. q. جَوَانِبُ [as meaning (assumed tropical:) Sides, regions, quarters, or the like; and limits, bounds, or boundaries]; like أَعْنَاءٌ. (S.) The saying, أُزْجُرْ أَحْنَاءَ طَيْرِكَ means نَوَاحِيَهُ, [i. e. (assumed tropical:) Straiten thou the limits, or bounds, of thy levity, (alluding to the restraining of birds from flight,)] on the right and left, and before and behind; by طيرك being meant خِفَّتِكَ and طَيْشِكَ. (S, TA.)

أَحْنَاءُ الأُمُورِ (assumed tropical:) Dubious affairs: (K, * TA:) or, as some say, it means أَطْرَافُهَا وَنَوَاحِيهَا [(assumed tropical:) the ends, and limits, or bounds, of affairs]. (TA.)