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جَرْمٌ

Root: جرم

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جَرْمٌ Hot; syn. حَرٌّ, or [rather] حَارٌّ; contr. of صَرْدٌ; a Persian word, arabicized; originally گَرْم. You say أَرْضٌ جَرْمٌ A warm land: or a hot land: or a vehemently hot land: pl. جُرُومٌ, which, applied to countries, or regions, means the contr. of صُرُودٌ.

def.2 A boat (زَوْرَقٌ) of El-Yemen; also called نَقِيرَةٌ: pl. as above. [In the dial. of Egypt, The largest kind of Egyptian boat used on the Nile for the conveyance of grain and merchandise in general, but used only when the river is high, and also in the coastingtrade, and generally carrying from 5,000 to 15,000 bushels of grain.]
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