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خور

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خَوْرٌ خور Low, or depressed, ground or land, (JK, S, K,) between two elevated parts; (JK, S;) like غَورٌ: (TA:) an inlet (lit. a neck ) from a sea or large river, entering into the land: (Sh:) a place, or channel, where water pours into a sea or large river: (JK, K:) or a wide place or channel, where waters pour, running into a sea or large river; (TA:) or (as in the TA, but in the K “ and, ”) a canal, or cut, from a sea or large river: (K, TA:) and i. q. رَحَبَةٌ [app. as meaning the part in which the water flows from the two sides of a valley]: (JK:) pl. خُؤُورٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

خَوْرٌ
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