دُخَان

duxaAnN dxAn (S, Msb, K) and ↓ dux~aAnN , (K,) which latter is the form [now] commonly used, (TA,) and ↓ daxanN , (S, K,) i. q. EuvaAnN [a less usual term, meaning Smoke ]: (K: [in the S it is said merely that the duxaAn of fire is well known:]) pl. (of the first, S, Msb) dawaAxinu , (S, Msb, K,) like as EawaAvinu is pl. of EuvaAnN , (S, Msb,) the only other instance of the kind, (Msb,) deviating from rule, (S,) and dawaAxiynu , [also irreg., and both pls. of mult.,] and A^adoxinapN [a pl. of pauc.]. (K.) [Hence, the tribes of] Ghanee and Báhileh ( ganiY~ and baAhilap ) were called AibonaA duxaAnK [ The two sons of smoke ] (S, K, TA) because they smoked a party of men ( dax~anuwA EalaY qawomK ) in a cave and so killed them. (TA.) Hence also, (S,) ↓ hudonapN EalaY daxanK (tropical:) A calm [or truce ] for a cause other than recon- ciliation: (S, K, TA: [in the CK, lagalabapK is erroneously put for liEil~apK :]) or (assumed tropical:) [as a cloak] upon [i. e. concealing ] inward corruptness; from daxinati Aln~aAru explained above; [see 1;] (Msb;) [for] IAth says that it likens inward corruptness beneath outward rectitude to the smoke [or smoking] of fresh, or moist, firewood: (TA:) or (assumed tropical:) upon latent rancour or malevolence: (S and TA in art. hdn :) but A'Obeyd, in explaining a trad. in which it occurs, takes it from daxanN as signifying “ a duskiness, or dinginess, inclining to blackness,” in the colour of a beast or of a garment; for he says that it means [a case in which] the mutual love of two parties will not become pure, like the duskiness, or dinginess, that is in the colour of a beast. (TA.) ― -b2- duxaAnN is also used by the Arabs for (assumed tropical:) Evil, or mischief, when it arises; as in the saying, kaAna bayonanaA A^amorN A@rotafaEa lahu duxaAnN [ There was between us an affair that had evil, or mischief, arising in consequence of it ]. (TA.) ― -b3- It also means (assumed tropical:) Dearth, drought, sterility, or unfruitfulness; and hunger: and so it has been said to mean in the Kur xliv. 9: for it is said that the hungry [once] saw smoke ( duxaAn ) between him and the sky: or hunger is thus called because of the dryness of the earth in drought, and the rising of the dust, which is likened to duxaAn [properly so termed]. (TA.) ― -b4- [In the present day, it is also applied, but generally pronounced ↓ dux~aAn , to Tobacco; nicotiana tabacum of Linn.]