خِوَانٌ خائن خوان (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خُوَانٌ (ISk, Msb, K) and ↓ إِِخْوَانٌ , (IF, Msb, K,) the first of which is the most common, (Msb,) A table; (JK;) a thing upon which one eats; (S, Mgh, Msb;) a thing upon which food is eaten: (K:) but said to be not so called except when food is upon it: (Har p. 360:) arabicized [from the Persian]: (S, Msb:) the pl. (of pauc., of the first, S, Msb) is أَخْوِنَةٌ and (of mult., S, Msb) خُونٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) said by IB to be the only instance of its kind except بُونٌ pl. of بِوَانٌ, (TA,) originally خُوُنٌ, like كُتُبٌ pl. of كِتَابٌ, (Msb,) but خُوُنٌ is not used: (S:) the pl. of ↓ اخوان is أَخَاوِنُ, (Msb,) or أَخَاوِينُ. (TA, from a trad.)
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