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جور

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُجَوَّرٌ مجور [as meaning Thrown down, or overturned, ] occurs in the following prov.: يَوْمٌ بِيَوْمِ الحَفَضِ المُجَوَّرِ [ A day for a day of the household-goods (or, accord. to the TA, the hair-cloth tent ) thrown down, or overturned ]: applied in the case of rejoicing at a calamity befalling another: a man had an aged paternal uncle, and used continually to go into the latter's tent, or house, and throw down his household-goods, one upon another; and when he himself grew old, sons of a brother of his did to him as he had done to his paternal uncle; wherefore he said thus, meaning, this is for what I did to my paternal uncle. (K.)

Derived headwords

مُجَوَّرٌ
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يَوْمٌ بِيَوْمِ الحَفَضِ المُجَوَّرِ