The part of the human → leg between the → hip and the → knee.
Etymology (EN): M.E. thi, thigh(e), the(h), O.E. thioh, theoh; cognate with Du. dij, O.H.G. dioh, O.Norse thjo.
Etymology (PE): Rân, from Mid.Pers. rân “thigh;” Av. rāna- “the outer part of the thigh.”
