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العوعاء

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of a crowd or a mob. It specifically denotes a large, unruly gathering of people.

Derived headwords

العَوْعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    mob, rabbleboth

    A large, disorderly, and often noisy crowd of people.

الغَوْغَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    mob, rabbleboth

    The common people, the masses, often used in a derogatory sense to refer to an unruly or ignorant crowd.

Parallel reading

العوعاء: الغوغاء.
Al-'aw'a' means the mob.