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جهل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَاهِلِىٌّ جاهل جاهلى جاهلي جاهليي [ A pagan; a pagan Arab; one of those who are called collectively ↓ الجَاهِليَّةٌ; and sometimes ↓ مُخَضُرَمُون, pl. of شَاهِدٌ: and particularly, a pagan poet; ] a poet of the first, or earliest, of the four classes which are ranked in chronological order; of the class which was succeeded next by the مُخَضْرَمُون. (Mz, 49th نوع.) [See also شَاهِدٌ.]

Derived headwords

جَاهِلِىٌّ
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