Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَحْرَآءُ

Root: جحر

Full Definition

جَحْرَآءُ i. q. or , i. e. An eye deep, or depressed, in its socket. It occurs in a trad., in a description of Ed-Dejjál; but Az says that [in this instance] it is correctly جَخْرَآء, with خ.


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