جِنْحٌ

A side (S, Msb, K) of a road. (S, Msb.)

And The vicinage or neighbourhood, or the region or quarter or tract, and the shadow or shelter or protection, synonym نَاحِيَةٌ and كَنَفٌ, (S, K,) as also ↓ جَنَاحٌ, (K,) of a people, or party, or company of men: (S:) the latter word thus used is tropical. (TA.) You say, بَاتَ بِجِنْحِ القَوْمِ He passed the night in the vicinage, &c., of the people. (S, TA.) And ↓ أَنَا فِى جَنَاحِهِ (tropical:) I am in his shadow, shelter, or protection. (TA.)

See also the next preceding paragraph.