بَجَالٌ
Root: بجل
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بَجَالٌ
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بَجِيلٌ , applied to a man, i. q.
[Magnified, honoured, revered, venerated, or respected]: or bulky, or corpulent; applied to a man; or to an old man: or the former signifies an old, or aged, lord or chief: or a bulky, or corpulent, old man: or, as some say, one beyond the middle age, in whom one sees goodliness of form or appearance, and advancement in years: or both signify an old man, who is a great lord or chief, endowed with goodliness, and with excel-lence, or sharpness of intellect: not applied to a woman; i. e., a woman is not termed بَجَالَةٌ.
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