اعتجرت
Root: عجر
Form: 8
Full Definition
اعتجرتVIII
She bound a
مِعْجَر [q. v.] upon her head; she attired herself with the
مِعْجَر: or with a
خِمَار: اِعْتِجَارٌ is a mode of attiring peculiar to a woman, resembling that termed
اِلْتِحَافٌ.
2 And اعتجر He wound a turban round his head: and he wound a turban upon his head without turning [a portion of] it beneath his lower jaw; as also اِقْتَعَطَ: the winding it in which manner [and so wearing it] in prayer, is forbidden: but another explanation, which is, he wound the turban upon his head so as to show the هَامَة [or crown of the head], is more probable; as it is from مِعْجَرٌ, meaning “ a piece of a cloth, like a fillet, wound upon the round of a woman's head. ” One says, هُوَ حَسَنُ He is comely in respect of the manner of winding the turban upon the head. [See also عِجْرَةٌ: and see مُعْتَجِرٌ.]
3 One says also اعتجرت بِغُلَامٍ, or بِجَارِيَةٍ, meaning
2 And اعتجر He wound a turban round his head: and he wound a turban upon his head without turning [a portion of] it beneath his lower jaw; as also اِقْتَعَطَ: the winding it in which manner [and so wearing it] in prayer, is forbidden: but another explanation, which is, he wound the turban upon his head so as to show the هَامَة [or crown of the head], is more probable; as it is from مِعْجَرٌ, meaning “ a piece of a cloth, like a fillet, wound upon the round of a woman's head. ” One says, هُوَ حَسَنُ He is comely in respect of the manner of winding the turban upon the head. [See also عِجْرَةٌ: and see مُعْتَجِرٌ.]
3 One says also اعتجرت بِغُلَامٍ, or بِجَارِيَةٍ, meaning
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