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جرى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جِرَايَةٌ جرايه جراية The office of a جَرِىّ, i. e. a commissioned agent, factor, or deputy; (S, K;) and of a messenger: (S:) as also ↓ جَرَايَةٌ. (TA.) -A2- A running [or permanent ] daily allowance of food or the like. (S, TA.) [Hence, in the present day, خُبْزُ جِرَايَةٍ Bread made of inferior flour, for servants and other dependants. ]

Derived headwords

جِرَايَةٌ
  1. 1.
خُبْزُ جِرَايَةٍ