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الخفتار

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This entry defines the term 'Al-Khuftār' as a title for a ruler. It specifies potential regions for this ruler, namely the island or Abyssinia, and then offers corrections to the spelling.

Derived headwords

الخُفْتَارname
  1. 1.
    King of the Islandclassical

    A title referring to a ruler of an island.

  2. 2.
    King of Abyssiniaclassical

    A title referring to the ruler of Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia).

الحَيْقَارname
  1. 1.
    Ruler (corrected)classical

    A corrected spelling for a title of a ruler, suggested as the accurate term.

الجَيْفَارname
  1. 1.
    Ruler (corrected)classical

    Another corrected spelling for a title of a ruler, suggested as the accurate term, using the letter 'Jīm' (ج) and 'Fāʼ' (ف).

Parallel reading

الخفتار: ملك الجزيرة، أو ملك الحبشة
Al-Khuftār: King of the Island, or King of Abyssinia.
أو الصواب: الحيقار أو الجيفار، بالجيم والفاء
Or the correct form is: Al-Hayqār or Al-Jayfār, with the letter Jīm and Fāʼ.