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أَزَجٌ

Root: ازج

Full Definition

أَزَجٌ A certain kind of structure; or a house, or chamber, built in a long, or an oblong, form; called in Persian أُوِسْتَانٌ, and also, in the same language, سَغْ, and كَمَرْ: [i. e. an oblong, arched, or vaulted, structure or edifice; (such as a bridge; see قَنْطَرَةٌ;) a portico, gallery, or piazza; accord. to Golius and Freytag, ædificii genus oblongum et fornicatum, porticus instar; to which Freytag adds, portæ arcus superior:] or, accord. to some, a roof: pl. [of pauc.] آزَاجٌ and آزُجٌ and [of mult.] إِزَجَةٌ.
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