دَخَنٌ

verbal noun of دَخِنَ [q. v.]. (JK, Msb.)

[Hence,] (assumed tropical:) The appearance, or appearing, of conflict and faction, sedition, discord, or the like. (TA.)

Hence also, i. e. from دَخَنُ النَّارِ and الطَّبِيخِ, (TA,) (tropical:) A state of alteration for the worse, of intellect, and of religion, and of the grounds of pretension to respect or honour. (K, TA.)

Also i. q. دُخَانٌ. (S, K.) See this word in two places.

[Hence,] (assumed tropical:) A duskiness, or dinginess, inclining to blackness; (S TA;) as also ↓ دُخْنَةٌ; (JK, S, K;) [like the colour of smoke, (see 1, last signification but one,) or] like the colour of iron: (TA:) it is in a sheep, (S,) or a horse and similar beasts, or in a garment, (TA,) and in a sword: (S, A, TA:) in this last it means (tropical:) a blackness that appears in the broad side, by reason of its great brightness: (A, TA:) or the diversified wavy marks, streaks, or grain, (synonym فِرِنْد,) of a sword. (K.)

Also (tropical:) Rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite. (JK, K, TA.)

And (tropical:) Badness, corruptness, or wickedness, of nature or disposition. (K, TA.)