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بخر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تبخّر بخر تبخر (S, K, &c.) He fumigated himself with perfume or the like; (TA;) with بَخُور. (S, A, K.) One says, فُلَانٌ يَتَبَخَّرُ وَ يَبَخْتَرُ [ Such a one fumigates himself with perfume, and walks with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side ]. (A.)

Derived headwords

تبخّرverb
  1. 1.
فُلَانٌ يَتَبَخَّرُ وَ يَبَخْتَرُ