زَبَنٌ
1.
A side; a lateral, or an adjacent, part or tract or quarter: (K:) [and so, apparently,
زَبْنٌ and
زِبْنٌ: for] you say, حَلَّ زَبْنًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ, with fet-h, [as well as زَبَنًا, with two fet-hahs,] and زِبْنًا, with kesr, meaning He alighted aside, or apart, from his people, or party; as though he were thrust from their place: scarcely ever, or never, used otherwise than as an adv. n. [of place] or as a denotative of state. (TA.)
2.
Also A piece of cloth [shaped] after the fashion of the tent (عَلَى
تَقْطِيعِ البَيْتِ), like the
حَجَلَة [a kind of curtained canopy prepared for a bride]. (K.)