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مَلَّةٌ

Root: مل

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مَلَّةٌ The hollow that is made for baking bread: or the hot dust and ashes [in which the bread is baked].
2 Hot ashes: ashes, and earth, in which fire is kindled. (TA, art. خبز.)
3 خُبْزُ مَلَّةٍ Bread baked in hot ashes. [It is generally made in the form of thick round cakes.]
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