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سِوَارٌ

Root: سور

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سِوَارٌ and سُوَارٌ and إِسْوَارٌ and أُسْوَارٌ A woman's bracelet, syn. قُلْبٌ, (M, K, [in the CK, erroneously, قَلْب,]) of silver or of gold; [and a man's bracelet also: see 2 and 5, and see also مُسَوَّرٌ:] all arabicized, from the Pers. دستوار [دَسْتْوَارْ or دَسْتَوَارْ or دَسْتُوَارْ]: pl. [of pauc.] of سِوَارٌ, and of سُوَارٌ, أَسْوِرَةٌ, and أَسَاوِرُ, accord. to Aboo- 'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà pl. of إِسْوَارٌ, and أَسَاوِرَةٌ, also pl. of إِسْوَارٌ or أُسْوَارٌ, or of أَسْوَرَةٌ, or perhaps of أَسَاوِرُ; and سُورٌ , originally سُوُرٌ, like كُتُبٌ pl. of كِتَابٌ, and سُؤُورٌ, (K, [in a copy of the M سُوُرٌ,]) said by Sb to be used by poetic license.
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