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دَفَارِ

Root: دفر

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دَفَارِ The female slave. Mostly used in vocative expressions. One says to a female slave, reviling her, دَفَارِ, يَا meaning O thou stinking one! alluding to her intrinsic foulness.
2 See also دَفْرٌ, last sentence.
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