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وجر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

وِجَارٌ ذ and وَجَارٌ The hole, or den, (جُحْر, A, K,) or subterranean habitation, (سَرَب, T, S,) of the hyena, (T, S, A, K,) &c., (A, K,) or, and the like, (T,) such as the lion, and the wolf, and the fox, and the like: (M, TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَوْجِرَةٌ and [of mult.] وُجُرٌ. (K.) A poet uses the expression كِلَابُ وِجَارٍ, applying وجار metaphorically to the place of the dog: but it is not improbable that the correct relation may be ضِبَاعُ وِجَارٍ: though it may be allowable to call hyenas كَلَاب, as her young ones are called جِرَاآء. (M.)

Derived headwords

وِجَارٌ
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كِلَابُ وِجَارٍ