خَلِيجٌ
Root: خلج
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خَلِيجٌ
A canal, or cut, from a large river; syn. شَرْمٌ مِنْ بَحْرٍ: what is cut off from the main mass of water; so called because it is drawn from it: a river cut off from a larger river, extending to a place where use is made of it: a river on one side of a larger river: and [simply] a river: and خَلِيجَا نَهْرٍ is said to signify the two sides of a river: or the two wings thereof: and some explain the sing. (خليج) as meaning a branch from a valley, conveying its water to another place: pl. خُلْجَانٌ and خُلُجٌ.
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