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بَقَّالٌ

Root: بقل

Full Definition

بَقَّالٌ [properly A green-grocer; i. e.] a seller of تَرَهْ [Persian for بَقْل]: and [by extension of its application] a shop-keeper: or a seller of dry fruits: vulgarly, a seller of eatables [of various kinds, and particularly of dried and salted provisions, cheese, &c.; a grocer]; correctly, بَدَّالٌ. (AHeyth, T in art. بدل, K.)
2 أَرْضٌ بَقَّالةٌ : see بَقِلٌ.
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