ذِرْوَةٌ
Root: ذرو
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ذِرْوَةٌ
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ذُرْوَةٌ The upper, or uppermost, part of a thing of any kind; and so, accord. to Et-Takee Esh-Shemenee, ذَرْوَةٌ : and particularly, of a camel's hump, and of the head: and a camel's hump itself: pl. ذُرًى. It is said in a trad., أَتَى بِإِبِلٍ غُرَرِ الذُّرَى [or غُرِّ
الذُّرَى?] He brought camels having white humps. And in another trad., عَلَى ذِرْوَةِ كُلِّ بَعِيرِ
شَيْطَانُ [On the hump of every camel is a devil]. And in a prov., مَا زَالَ يَفْتِلُ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ
وَالغَارِبِ [He ceased not to twist the fur of the upper part and the fore part of the hump: originating from, or occurring in, a trad., which see explained in art. غرب]: it means,
2 [Hence,] تَزَوَّجَ مِنْهُمْ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَ النَّاصِيَةِ
2 [Hence,] تَزَوَّجَ مِنْهُمْ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَ النَّاصِيَةِ
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