حبر

حِبَرَةٌ حبر حبره حبرة (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ حَبَرَةٌ (K) A [ garment of the kind called ] بُرْد, (S, Mgh,) or a sort of بُرْد, (K,) of the fabric of El-Yemen, (S, Mgh, K,) striped (مُنَمَّرٌ [or this word, q. v., may perhaps signify spotted ]); (TA;) a kind of garment of the fabric of El-Yemen, of cotton or linen, striped (مُخَطَّطٌ): (Msb:) pl. حِبَرٌ and حِبَرَاتٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and حَبَرٌ and حَبَرَاتٌ: (TA:) [or rather ↓ حِبَرٌ and ↓ حَبَرٌ are coll. gen. ns.] Accord. to Lth, (Az, Mgh, TA,) حبرة is not a place, nor a known thing, but only signifies وَشْىٌ [see حِبْرٌ]; (Az, Mgh, Msb, TA;) and one says بُرْدٌ حِبَرَةٌ (Msb, TA) and بُرُودٌ حِبَرَةٌ, (TA,) and بُرْدُ حِبَرَةٍ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and بُرُودُ حِبَرَةٍ, (Mgh, TA,) like as one says ثُوْبُ قِرْمِزٍ, the word قرمز signifying a certain dye. (Az, Msb, TA.) [The term ↓ حَبَرَةٌ is now applied in Egypt to A lady's outer covering of silk, black for the married, and white for the unmarried, worn in ridding and walking abroad; the former worn also by concubine slaves. See also حَبِيرٌ.]