Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَشْطُورٌ

Root: شطر

Full Definition

مَشْطُورٌ [Halved.
2 And hence,] A verse of the metre termed الرَّجَز, and of that termed السَّرِيع, having three of its six feet wanting; properly, having half thereof taken away.

def.2 Also Bread done over with [the seasoning, or condiment, called] كَامَخ.


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