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ضَفْرٌ

Root: ضفر

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ضَفْرٌ A camel's girth, of plaited [goats'] hair; as also ضَفَارٌ : the girth of a camel's saddle: a wide girth of a camel's saddle; as also : pl. [of mult.] ضُفُورٌ and [of pauc.] أَضْفَارٌ; and ضُفُرٌ.
2 See also ضَفِيرَةٌ, in three places.
3 Also A great quantity of sand that has become collected together: or a quantity of sand that has become accumulated, part upon part; and so : pl. [of the former] ضُفُورٌ; and [coll. gen. n.] of the latter ضَفِرٌ : or a long, broad, حِقْف [generally expl. as meaning a winding tract] of sand; by some pronounced ضَفَرٌ : [or] a حِقْف of sand is termed .
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