Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَوْبَاةٌ

Root: بوب

Full Definition

بَوْبَاةٌ A desert; or a desert in which is no water; syn. فَلَاةٌ: as also مَوْمَاةٌ; the ب being changed into م, as is often the case. [It is mentioned in the S, and again in the K, in art. بو, as syn. with مَفَازَةٌ.]


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