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ذَبَاذِبُ

Root: ذب

Full Definition

ذَبَاذِبُ Certain things that are hung to the [women's camel-vehicle called] هَوْدَج, or to the head of a camel, for ornament; [i. e. tassels, or pendant tufts of wool, or shreds of woollen cloth, of various colours; (see رَعَثٌ;)] as also ذَبْذَبَةٌ : the sing. of the former is ذِبْذِبٌ , or ذُبْذُبٌ , with damm.
2 And The fringes, and edges, of a [garment of the kind called] بُرْدَة; because of their motion upon the wearer when he walks: sing. ذِبْذِبٌ .
3 See also ذَبْذَبٌ, in two places.
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