زَّبَانِيَة

zabaAniyapN * is a pl., of which the sing. is ↓ ziboniyapN , (Akh, Zj, S, K,) as some say, or ↓ zabaAnK , (Akh, S,) or ↓ zubaAnaY , like sukaAraY , (TA,) or ↓ zaAbinN , (Akh, S,) or ↓ riboniY~N , (Ks, K,) the pl. of this last being originally zabaAniY~u , the p [in zabaAniyapN ] being substituted for the [last] Y : (Bd in xcvi. 18:) but the Arabs hardly, or in nowise, know this [attribution of a sing. to zabaAniyapN ], holding it to be a pl. having no sing., like A^abaAbiylu and EabaAdiydu . (Akh, S.) With the Arabs [of the classical age] it signifies The $uraT [app. in the earlier sense of the braves of an army, or in the later sense of the armed attendants, officers, or soldiers, of the prefect of the police ]: (S:) this is the primary signification: (Bd in xcvi. 18:) the sing. being syn. with $uroTiY~N : and also signifying the mutamar~id [i. e. one who exalts himself, or is insolent and audacious, in pride and in acts of rebellion or disobedience, &c.,] of the jinn, or genii, and of mankind: (K:) and i. q. $adiydN [i. e. strong, &c.]: (Secr, K:) each of these two significations [and the first also] being from the meaning of “ pushing, ” or “ thrusting. ” (TA.) ― -b2- Alz~abaAniyapu signifies also Certain angels, [ the tormentors of the damned in Hell, ] so called because of their thrusting the people of the fire thereto; (Katádeh, S, Msb; *) the angels mentioned in the Kur [lxvi. 6] as gilaAZN $idaAdN , (Zj,) i. e. rough in speech or in disposition, strong in deeds or in make. (Bd.)