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برَّكَانٌ

Root: برك

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برَّكَانٌ and بَرَّكَانِىٌّ and , which is the form commonly obtaining, and mentioned by El-Ghooree as well as J, but disallowed by Fr, and , but this also is disallowed by Fr, or, accord. to IDrd, بَرْنَكَآءُ and كِسَآءٌ , but he says that it is not Arabic, A kind of [garment such as is called] كِسَآء, [similar to a بُرْدَة,] well-known; the black كسآء; a woollen كسآء having two ornamental borders: (Fr, TA. in art.
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