Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَلْحَجٌ

Root: لحج

Full Definition

مَلْحَجٌ and مُلْتَحَجٌ A place to which one has recourse for protection or concealment; a place of refuge; an asylum.
2 مَلَاحِجُ Strait, narrow, or confined, places.
3 مَلَاحِيجُ Narrow roads in mountains.


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