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سَجَّادَةٌ

Root: سجد

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سَجَّادَةٌ A [small mat, such as is termed] خُمْرَة, [of an oblong shape, and a small oblong carpet,] upon which one prostrates himself [and stands and sits in prayer]; also called سُجَّادَةٌ , and مِسْجَدَةٌ . You say, بَسَطَ سَجَّادَتَهُ &c. [He spread his prayer-mat, or prayer-carpet].
2 And The mark of سُجُود [or prostration in prayer] upon the forehead [when dust adheres to it].
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