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مِشْجَرٌ

Root: شجر

Full Definition

مِشْجَرٌ i. q. مِشْجَبٌ [i. e. A thing composed of pieces of wood, or sticks, the heads of which are bound together, and the feet parted asunder, upon which clothes &c. are put]: or pieces of wood, or sticks, tied together, like the مِشْجَب, upon which articles of furniture, or utensils, are put: pl. مَشَاجِرُ.
2 And hence, The wood, or pieces of wood, of the [kind of camel-vehicle for women called] هَوْدَج; as also مَشْجَرٌ and شِجَارٌ and شَجَارٌ : n. un. مَشْجَرَةٌ and شَجَارَةٌ : or a vehicle used by women, smaller than the هَوْدَج, having the head uncovered; as also مَشْجَرٌ and شِجَارٌ and شَجَارٌ : accord. to Lth, شِجَارٌ signifies the wood [or frame-work] of the هودج, which when covered becomes a هودج: As says that مَشَاجِرُ signifies the pieces of wood of a هودج: AA, that it signifies vehicles smaller than هَوَادِج, having the heads uncovered; also called سُجُرٌ, of which the sing. is شِجَارٌ .
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