خدن
3 خادنهُ, (
S,
K,)
inf. n. مُخَادَنَةٌ, (
Mgh,
TA,) He was, or became, his خِدْن [or friend; or his secret, or private, friend; &c.]: (
JK,
S,
K,
TA:) he associated, or kept company, with him as a friend: (
Mgh:) or [simply] he associated, or kept company, with him. (
TA.)
b2: مُخَادَنَةٌ also signifies The contracting of the eyes (
Mgh,
JM,
TA) in holding amatory and enticing talk, or conversation, with another, the latter doing the same. (
Mgh,
JM.)
b3: The saying of certain of the lawyers, (
JM,) لَا يَجُوزُ شَهَادَةَ صَاحِب الغِنَآءِ الَّذِى يُخَادِنُ عَلَيْهِ means The testimony of the singer who has made singing to be his habitual occupation, or means of subsistence, and thereby associates as a خِدْن with people, and collects them to him, is not allowable. (
Mgh,
JM.) خِدْنٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K, &c.) and ↓ خَدِينٌ (
S,
K) A friend: (
S,
TA:) or a secret, or private, friend; a friend in secrecy or privacy: (
Mgh,
Msb, and
Ksh and
Bd in iv. 29:) or a companion, or an associate, who converses, or talks, with one: (
M,
TA:) or [simply] a companion, or an associate: (
K:) but
accord. to
Er-Rághib, mostly used as meaning an amorous companion or associate; a companion, or an associate, affected with sensual appetency: (
TA:) the former is applied alike to the male and the female: (
Ksh and
Bd in
v. 7:) and ↓ the latter signifies also one who is thy friend, &c., (مَنْ يُخَادِنُكَ,
K,) and who is with thee, (
TA,) in every affair, or case, open and secret: (
K:)
pl. (of the former,
S,
Mgh,
Msb) أَخْدَانٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
TA) and [of the latter] خُدَنَآءُ. (
TA.) Hence, خِدْنُ الجَارِيَةِ [The friend, &c., of the girl]: (
S:) or he who converses, or talks, with the girl. (
JK.) It is said in the
Kur [iv. 29], وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ أَخْدَانٍ, (
S,) meaning [Nor taking to themselves] friends [or associates] to commit fornication with them in secret. (
Jel.) العُلَى ↓ خَدِينُ is a
metaphorical expression, used by a poet, [meaning (
tropical:) Lover of eminence,] like عَشِيقُ العُلَى. (
TA.) خُدَنَةٌ One who associates with men as their خِدْن [or friend, or secret friend, &c.,] (يُخَادِنُ النَّاسَ) much. (
S,
K.) خَدِينٌ: see خِدْنٌ, in three places.
أَخْدَنُ Having أَخْدَان [or friends, or secret friends, &c.]. (
TA.)
