نَظِيرٌ

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نَظِيرٌ Looking to, or facing, another person or thing; opposite or corresponding to another person or thing; as also مُنَاظِرٌ ; syn. مُقَابِلٌ. [Hence, نَظِيرُ السَّمْتِ, and النَّظِيرُ, The nadir; the point opposite to the zenith.] نَظِيرُكَ signifies أَلَّذِى يُنَاظِرُكَ, or الذى تُنَاظِرُهُ وَيُنَاظِرُكَ, [which I suppose to mean He who looks towards, or faces, thee; who is opposite, or corresponds, to thee; or he towards whom thou lookest, &c., and who looks towards thee, &c.: though susceptible of other interpretations: see 3.]
2 Like; a like; a similar person or thing: equal; an equal: applied to anything: as also نِظْرٌ ; like نَدِيدٌ and نِدٌّ; and مُنَاظِرٌ : fem. نَظِيرَةٌ: pl. masc., نُظَرَآءُ: and pl. fem. نَظَائِرُ, applied to words and to all things. You say, فُلَانٌ نَظِيرُكَ Such a one is thy like. And هٰذَا نَظِيرٌ لِهٰذَا, or نَظِيرُ هٰذَا, This is the like of this, or the equal of this. And عَدَدْتُ إِبِلَ فُلَانٍ نَظَائِرَ I counted, or numbered, the camels of such a one in pairs, or two by two; if by looking at their aggregate, you say, عَدَدْتُهَا جَمَارًا.

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