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المَضْنُونُ

Root: ضن

Full Definition

المَضْنُونُ a name of [The compound of perfumes commonly called] الغَالِيَةُ; as also المَضْنُونَةُ ; which latter is said by As to be a sort of perfume; and so is the former in the A: in the M the former is said to be the oil of ben: it is thus called because one is tenacious of it.
2 Also, or المَضْنُونَةُ , a name of The well Zemzem.
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