خِتَانٌ

1.
Circumcision, of a boy, (S, * Mgh, * Msb, * K, TA,) and of a girl; (TA;) a subst. from 1 in the first of the senses explained above; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also خِتَانَةٌ. (S, Msb, K.) You say, أُطْحِرَتْ خِتَانَتُهُ His circumcision was made to be extirpative. (S, TA.)
2.
And A feast, or banquet, to which people are invited on account of a circumcision. (JK, S, TA.) You say, كُنْتُ فِى خِتَانِ فُلَانٍ I was at the feast, or banquet, &c., of such a one. (TA.)
3.
See also 1, third sentence.
4.
Also The part, of the male, which is the place of circumcision; (T, S, Mgh, K;) and of the female likewise; (T, Mgh, TA;) the part, of the فَرْج, which is the place of circumcision. (Msb.) Hence, in a tradition, إِذَا الْتَقَى الخِتَانَانِ [When the two places of circumcision meet together]: (S, * Msb, * TA:) اِلْتِقَاءُ الخِتَانَيْنِ is a euphemism, metonymically denoting the disappearing, or causing to disappear, of the part of the penis that is above, or beyond, the place of circumcision (Mgh, * Msb, TA) in the vulva of the woman. (Mgh, * TA.)

Perseus ID: n10025