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عطر
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaعَطَّارٌ ذ A seller of perfumes; (O, K;) and ↓ مِعْطِيرٌ signifies the same in the saying of El-'Ajjáj, describing the [wild] he-ass and the she-asses, يَتْبَعْنَ جَأْبًا كَمُدُقِّ المِعْطِيرْ [ They (the she-asses) follow a bulky male like the stone with which the seller of perfumes pounds, or pulverizes, his perfume ]. (S, O.)
Derived headwords
عَطَّارٌ
- 1.
يَتْبَعْنَ جَأْبًا كَمُدُقِّ المِعْطِيرْ