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بَشْنِينٌ

Root: بشنين

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بَشْنِينٌ , with fet-h, and then sukoon, and then kesr, I. q. نيلوفر [i. e. نِيلُوفَرٌ and نَيْلُوفَرٌ or نَيْلَوْفَرٌ, the nymphæa lotus, or white lotus: and the nymphæa cærulea, or blue lotus: see art. نيلوفر]: a word of the dial. of Egypt.
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