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بجل
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaبَجَالٌ بجال and ↓ بَجِيلٌ, applied to a man, i. q. ↓ مُبَجَّلٌ [ Magnified, honoured, revered, venerated, or respected ]: (Sh, K:) or bulky, or corpulent; (As, S;) applied to a man; (As, TA;) or to an old man: (S:) or the former signifies an old, or aged, lord or chief: (AA, S:) or a bulky, or corpulent, old man: or, as some say, one beyond the middle age, in whom one sees goodliness of form or appearance, and advancement in years: (Mgh:) or both signify an old man, who is a great lord or chief, endowed with goodliness, and with excel-lence, or sharpness of intellect: (K:) not applied to a woman; (TA;) i. e., a woman is not termed بَجَالَةٌ. (Mgh.)
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بَجَالٌ
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