[Hence,] الخَوَّانُThe lion: (JK, S:) because he is [very] treacherous. (JK.) And (assumed tropical:) Time, or fortune. (TA.)
3.
أَعُوذُبِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الخَوَّانِ means (assumed tropical:) [I seek protection by God] from the day of the exhaustion of provisions. (A, TA.)
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-A2- Also, and ↓خُوَّانٌ, [according to the CK, each is with ال, but this seems to be a mis take, (see شَهْرٌ,)] The month [latterly called] رَبِيعٌ الأَوَّلَ: plural أَخْوِنَةٌ: (K:) but ISd says, "I know not how this is." (TA.)