Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُحْتَفَلٌ

Root: حفل

Full Definition

مُحْتَفَلٌ : see مَحْفِلٌ.
2 Also The most fleshy part of the flesh of the thigh and shank.
3 And The main part of an affair: [and likewise of a place, or tract, or region; for] مُحْتَفَلُ البَيْدَآءِ signifies the main part of the desert; syn. مُعْظَمُهَا and مُتَجَمَّعُهَا. (TA in art. جمع.)


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