خَالِدٌ
1.
[Remaining, staying, &c.].
2.
[Hence,] الخَوَالِدُ [as though plural of الخَالِدَةُ] (assumed tropical:) The three pieces, or portions, of stone, or rock, called
الأَثَافِى, upon which the cooking-pot is placed, (S, A, L, K,) remaining in their places: (L:) so called because of their remaining (S, L) a long time (L) after the standing relies of a house have become effaced. (S, L.) [See an example, from a poem of ElMukhabbal Es-Saadee, voce إِلَّا, p. 78; where خوالد is with tenween for the sake of the metre.]
3.
Also (tropical:) The mountains: and the stones: (L. K:) and the rocks: so called for the same reason. (L.)
4.
[As a proper name, خَالِدٌ is often written خٰلِدٌ.]