نَمِرَةٌ
Root: نمر
Full Definition
نَمِرَةٌ
A garment of the kind called
بُرْدَة, of wool, striped, worn by the Arabs of the desert: or a garment of the kind called
شَمْلَة, or كِسَآء, having white and black stripes, or lines, worn by the Arabs of the desert: and a garment of the kind called
حِبَرَة; so called because of the diversity of the colours of its stripes: or any
مئْزَر, of those worn by the Arabs of the desert, that is a striped
شَمْلَة: or a striped
إِزَار
of wool; pl. نِمَارٌ: it is an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates. It is said in a trad. of Saad, نَبَطِىٌّ فِى حُبْوَتِهِ أَعْرَابىٌّ فِى نَمِرَتِهِ أَسَدٌ فِى تَأْمُورَتِهِ [A Nabathean in his hubweh ; an Arab of the desert in his nemireh; a lion in his den].
2 See also أَنْمَرُ.
2 See also أَنْمَرُ.
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