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هِزَبْرٌ

Root: هزبر

Full Definition

هِزَبْرٌ and هِزْبَرٌ and هُزَابِرٌ, or the first [only], Thick and bulky: and strong and hard or hardy: pl. هَزَابِرُ. You say, نَاقَةٌ هِزَبْرَةٌ A hard, or hardy, she-camel.
2 Also, the first, and the second and third, The lion: accord. to some, because of his thickness and bulkiness. Some say that the ه is a radical letter: others, that it is augmentative, and that the word is from زَبْرٌ, signifying the “ act of repelling with strength. ”
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