خُبْرَةٌ
Root: خبر
Full Definition
def.2 Also A portion, or share, which one takes, of flesh-meat or fish.
2 A sheep, or goat, which is bought by a number of persons, for different sums, and slaughtered, and of which the flesh is then divided by them among themselves, each of them receiving a share proportioned to the sum that he has paid; as also خَبِيرَةٌ : and شَاةٌ خَبِيرَةٌ a sheep, or goat, divided among several persons; thought by ISd to be formed by rejection of the augmentative letter [in its verb تخبّر].
3 What one buys for his family; as also خُبْرٌ : accord. to some, flesh-meat which one buys for his family.
4 Food, consisting of flesh-meat and other kinds.
5 A thing brought forward or offered [for entertainment]. So in the saying, اِجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى خُبْرَتِهِ [They congregated over what he had brought forward, or offered, for their entertainment].
6 A mess of crumbled, or broken, bread, moistened with broth, large, and greasy.
7 A bowl in which are bread and flesh-meat for four or five [persons].
8 Food which the traveller carries in his journey, and provides for himself.
9 Seasoning, condiment, or savoury food; as also خَبِيرٌ : whence the saying, أَتَانَا بِخُبْزَةٍ وَلَمْ يَأْتِنَا بِخُبْرَةٍ [He brought us a cake of bread, but he brought us not any seasoning].
10 Hence, by the Karaj, whose land is adjacent to 'Irák el-'Ajam, applied to A date; and by some of them pronounced خُبْلَةٌ.
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