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بَارِىٌّ

Root: بور

Full Definition

بَارِىٌّ and بُورِىٌّ and بَارِيَّةٌ and بُورِيَّةٌ and بَارِيَآءُ and بُورِيَآءُ , all arabicized words, from the Persian, A woven mat, made of reeds; what is called in Persian بُورِيَا: or a rough حَصِير [or mat]. (Msb in art. برى [to which the words belong accord. to Fei, and the same is asserted to be the case by some others].) [The pl. is بَوَارِىُّ.] It is said in a trad., بَأْسًا بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَى كَانَ لَا يَرَى explained as meaning He did not see any harm in praying upon a mat made of reeds.
2 Accord. to some, A road; syn. طَرِيقٌ: [so, perhaps, in the trad. cited above:] arabicized.


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