جَوّ

jaw~N jw The air: (K:) or [the atmosphere; i. e.] what is between the heaven, or sky, and the earth; (S, Mgh;) the air [or the region ] between the heaven, or sky, and the earth: pl. A^ajowaA='N . (TA.) fiY jaw~i Als~amaA='i , in the Kur [xvi. 81], means In the air between the heaven, or sky, and the earth: (Jel:) or in the middle of the sky: (Katádeh, TA:) or in the air that is remote from the earth. (Bd.) ― -b2- A low, or depressed, part of the ground; (M, K;) as also ↓ jaw~apN : (K:) or a wide part of a valley: (S, Msb:) pl. (in the latter sense, Msb, or in the former, K, TA) jiwaA='N (Msb, K) and [of pauc.] A^ajowiyapN . (TA.) It has the latter meaning in the saying of Tarafeh, [addressing a lark,] xalaA laki Aljaw~u fabiyDiY waA@SofiriY [ The wide part of the valley has become vacant for thee; so lay thine eggs, and whistle ]. (AA, S.) Az says, I entered, with an Arab of the desert, a [hollow place in which water collected, termed a] daHol , in El-Khalsà, and when we came to the water, he said, h`*aA jaw~N mina AlmaA'i laA yuwqafu EalaY A^aqoSaAhu [ This is an abyss of water: one knows not the utmost extent of it ]. (TA.) ― -b3- A vacant, void, or desolate, place, in which is no one to cheer by his company. (Ham p. 293.) ― -b4- The inside, or interior, of a house or tent; (K;) and of anything; of the dial. of Syria; also termed ↓ jaw~apN , (TA,) and ↓ jaw~aAniY~N ; (K; [in the CK A is erroneously put for n ;]) in which last, the A and A^uriydu jaw~FA wayuriydu bar~FA are augmentatives for the purpose of corroboration. (TA.) ― -b5- [Hence,] jaw~apN I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires publicity. (A in art. br .)

jawK jw part. n. of 1, q. v.; (S, K;) and ↓ jawFY signifies the same, being an inf. n. used as an epithet. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, (S,) the former, (S, K,) as also ↓ the latter, (K, and so in a copy of the S,) signifies Stinking water; (K;) or water that has become altered and stinking. (S, TA.) ― -b3- A^aroDN jawiyapN and ↓ jawiy~apN A land that disagrees with one. (K.)