Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَفَادَةٌ

Root: وفد

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وَفَادَةٌ , subst. from وَفَدَ عَلَيْهِ, A coming to a king, or governor, [or the like,] as an ambassador, envoy, or messenger, [&c.: see 1].
2 لَهُ وِفَادَةٌ [a phrase of frequent occurrence in notices of companions of Mohammad, meaning, He had the honour of coming as an envoy to the Prophet].


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