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سندر
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaسَنْدَرَةٌ ذ , [said in the TK to be the inf. n. of Q. 1, q. v.,] (S in art. سدر,) or ↓ سَنْدَرٌ, (so in a copy of the M,) or ↓ سَنْدَرِىٌّ, (IAar, K, TA,) A مِكْيَال [or measure, for measuring corn, &c. ], (S, M, K,) well known, (M,) of large size, (S, K,) like the قَنْقَل and the جُرَاف: this is said in explanation of the first of these words as used in the saying of 'Alee quoted above: (S, TA:) i. e., the saying has hence been expl. as meaning, I will make a wide and quick slaughter of you: (TA:) or it may be a measure (مكيال) made of the tree called سَنْدَرَةٌ: (Kt, TA:) [for] ― -b2- it is also the name of A certain tree, (S, M, K,) of which bows and arrows are made. (M, K.)
Derived headwords
سَنْدَرَةٌ
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