زفر

زَافِرَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes. ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) A bulky camel; (K;) and so ↓ زُفَرٌ: (Sgh, K:) because he carries loads, or burdens. (TA.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) The كَاهِل [or withers, or upper portion of the back, next the neck, ] with what is next to it. (TA.) [Because loads are borne upon it.] ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) The side, or angle, (رُكْن,) of a building, (K,) upon which it [ mainly ] rests, or is supported: pl. زَوَافِرُ. (TA.) [Hence the expression] لِمَجْدِهِمْ زَوَافِرُ (tropical:) Their glory has props that strengthen it. (A, K. *) ― -b5- (tropical:) A man's aiders, or assistants, (S, TA,) and his kinsfolk, or tribe, syn. عَشِيرَة, (S, A, K,) as also زَوَافِرُ; because they bear his burdens: (A:) his aiders, or assistants, and particular friends. (TA.) You say, هُمْ زَافِرَتُهُمْ عِنْدَ السُّلْطَانِ (tropical:) They are the persons who undertake and perform their business with the Sultán. (S.) And قَوْمِهِ ↓ هُوَ زَافِرُ, and زَافِرَتُهُمْ, also, عِنْدَ السُّلْطَانِ, (tropical:) He is the chief of his people, and the bearer of their burdens, with the Sultán. (A.) See also زُفَرٌ, in two places. ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) A company, or congregated body, (K,) of men; (TA;) as also ↓ زُفَرٌ. (K, * TA.) ― -b7- (assumed tropical:) An army; or a collected portion thereof; or a troop of horse; syn. كَتِيبَةٌ, as also ↓ زُفَرٌ. (K.) ― -b8- (tropical:) [ A rib: pl. زَوَافِرُ.] You say فَرَسٌ شَدِيدُ الزَّوَافِرُ (tropical:) A horse having strong ribs. (A.) ― -b9- (tropical:) A bow: (K:) pl. زَوَافِرُ: (A:) so called as being likened to a rib: (TA:) [or perhaps from its sound.] ― -b10- (assumed tropical:) The part of an arrow exclusive of the feathers: (S, K:) or the part exclusive of two thirds, next the head: ('Eesà Ibn-'Omar, S, K:) or the part from a little below the head to the head: (ISh:) or about a third part of an arrow, and of a spear. (TA.) [Perhaps so called from its sound.] -A2- أُمُّ زَافِرَةٍَ The بَبْرَة [or female of the بَبْر]. (T in art. ام.)