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جَرْدٌ

Root: جرد

Full Definition

جَرْدٌ A garment old and worn out, of which the nap has fallen off: or one between that which is new and that which is old and worn out: pl. جُرُودٌ. You say بُرْدَةٌ جَرْدٌ, and جَرْدَةٌ [alone], A [garment of the kind called] بردة worn so that it has become smooth. And [the pl.] جُرُودٌ, (K, TA, in the CK جَرُود,) as a subst., Old and worn-out garments. It is said in a trad. of Aboo-Bekr, لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا مِنْ مَالِ المُسْلِمِينَ إِلَّا جَرْدُ هٰذِهِ القَطِيفَةِ, meaning There is not in our possession, of the property of the Muslims, save this threadbare and worn-out قطيفة.

def.2 The pudendum, or pudenda; [app. because usually shaven, or depilated;] syn. فَرْجٌ, i. e. عَوْرَةٌ.
2 And The penis.

def.3 A shield.

def.4 A remnant of property, or of cattle.

def.5 See also جَرِيدَةٌ.
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