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حِنْزَابٌ

Root: حنزب

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حِنْزَابٌ An ass of middling make (مُقْتَدِرُ الخَلْقِ).
2 Also Short and strong: or broad: or short and broad; applied to a man: and thick, coarse, rude, or bulky, and short. [See حَزَابٍ, in two places.]
3 The cock.
4 Also, and حُنْزُوبٌ , A flock of [the kind of birds called] قَطًا: or the male of the قطا. [See حنزاب in art. حزب.]
5 And both these words, The carrot of the land (جَزَرُ البَرِّ [see حنزاب in art. حزب]): n. un. of the former with ة: that of the latter is not known to have been in use.
6 This is [said to be] the proper place of these two words; [the ن being regarded as a radical letter;] not art. حزب.
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