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زفر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زِفْرٌ ذ A load, or burden, syn. حِمْلٌ, (S, A, K,) on the back, (K,) or on the head, that is heavy, and in consequence of which the bearer breathes vehemently, or groans (يَزْفِرُ): (A:) pl. أَزْفَارٌ. (S, A.) ― -b2- A [ water-skin of the kind called ] قِرْبَة: (S, K:) a skin in which a pastor carries his water: pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b3- The apparatus of a traveller, (K,) comprising the water-skin &c. (TA.) ― -b4- A lamb; syn. حَمَلٌ: so in the Bári'. (K.) This signification and that of حِمْلٌ are both correct. (TA.)

Derived headwords

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