خَلْخَالٌ
Root: خل
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خَلْخَالٌ
: see خَلٌّ, in the latter half of the paragraph.
2 رَمْلٌ خَلْخَالٌ Rough sand.
def.2 Also, and , which is a dial. var. of the former, or a contraction thereof, and خُلْخُلٌ , A well-known ornament of women; i. e. an anklet: [or a pair of anklets; for you say,] فِى سَاقَيْهَا خَلْخَالٌ [Upon her legs is a pair of anklets]: (TA in art. حجل:) pl. خَلَاخِيلُ and [of the second and third] خَلَاخِلُ.
2 رَمْلٌ خَلْخَالٌ Rough sand.
def.2 Also, and , which is a dial. var. of the former, or a contraction thereof, and خُلْخُلٌ , A well-known ornament of women; i. e. an anklet: [or a pair of anklets; for you say,] فِى سَاقَيْهَا خَلْخَالٌ [Upon her legs is a pair of anklets]: (TA in art. حجل:) pl. خَلَاخِيلُ and [of the second and third] خَلَاخِلُ.
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