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بَرْبَخٌ

Root: بربخ

Full Definition

بَرْبَخٌ The passage, or conduit, of water, called إِرْدَبَّة and بَالُوعَة [q. v.], made of baked clay: or بَرَابِخُ [the pl.] signifies the baked-clay conduits of privies, which convey [the water &c.] from the house-top to the ground.
2 برْبَخُ البَوْلِ The canal of the urine [from the kidney to the bladder; i. e. the ureter]: of the dial. of Egypt.


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