بَيْذَقٌ

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بَيْذَقٌ [meaning A pawn] in the game of chess is from ; which latter signifies footmen, as opposed to horsemen, and is an arabicized word, from the Persian, originally پِيَادَهْ: the pl. of بيذق is بَيَاذِقُ; for which a poet uses بُذُوقٌ, as though he suppressed the ى [in the sing.], making بيذق to become بَذْقٌ : or, accord. to El-Khárzenjee, بَذْقٌ signifies a guide in a journey; as also بَيْذَقٌ: or [in the CK “and”] small and light or active: or, as in the Tekmileh, short and light or active: and its pl. is بُذُوقْ.

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