حرف

مَحْرِفٌ محرف A place to which to turn away, or back, from a thing. (AO, S, K.) So in the saying, مَالِى عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ مَحْرِفٌ [ I have no place to which to turn away, or back, from this thing ]. (AO, S, K. *) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ مُحْتَرَفٌ, A place in which a man earns or gains [ subsistence ], or labours to do so, and employs himself as he pleases, or follows his various pursuits. (K.)