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بُخَارٌ

Root: بخر

Full Definition

بُخَارٌ [Fume, vapour, steam, or exhalation;] what rises from water, like smoke; any fume that rises and diffuses itself from what is hot, or from hot water; anything that rises and diffuses itself from hot water or from damp earth: pl. أَبْخِرَةٌ and بُخَارَاتٌ.
2 Also The stench of a noiseless emission of wind from the anus.
3 See also بَخَرٌ.
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