خِنْسِرٌ
Root: خسر
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خِنْسِرٌ
, (K in art. خنسر, [in the CK, erroneously, خِنْسَر,]) or
خِنْسِيرٌ , Base, ignoble, ungenerous, or mean: and perfidious, unfaithful, or treacherous.
def.2 Also (the former accord. to the K in art. خنسر, and the latter likewise accord. to the TA in the present art.,) A calamity, or misfortune: pl. [of the latter] in this sense خَنَاسِيرُ, like خَنَاثِيرُ.
def.2 Also (the former accord. to the K in art. خنسر, and the latter likewise accord. to the TA in the present art.,) A calamity, or misfortune: pl. [of the latter] in this sense خَنَاسِيرُ, like خَنَاثِيرُ.
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