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رَجْمٌ

Root: رجم

Full Definition

رَجْمٌ , an Verbal.Noun [of 1, q. v.], used as an appellative, A thing that is thrown, or cast, like as is a stone: pl. رُجُومٌ. Hence, in the Kur , وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ And we have made them things to be cast at the devils; meaning shooting stars: [see also رُجُمْ:] or, as some say, we have made them to be [means of] conjectures to the devils of mankind; i. e., to the astrologers.

def.2 Also A friend; or a true, or sincere, friend; or a special, or particular, friend; syn. خَلِيلٌ: and a cup-companion, or compotator. See also the last signification in the next paragraph.
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