بُلجَةٌ

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بُلجَةٌ Clearness of the space between the eyebrows: or width of the space between the eyebrows; or [of] the space between the eyebrows when clear of hair; as also بَلَجٌ [which is the Verbal.Noun of بَلِجَ]. One says, مَا أَحْسَنَ بُلْجَتَهُ How beautiful is the clearness of the space between his eyebrows!
2 The part behind the عَارِض [or side of the cheek or face], to the ear, when there is no hair upon it.
3 Also, and بَلْجَةٌ , The light of the dawn, or daybreak, in the last part of the night, at the breaking of the dawn. You say, رَأَيْتُ بُلْجَةٌ الصُّبْحِ I saw the light of the dawn. And لَقِيتُهُ عِنْدَ البُلْجَةِ [I met, or found, him, or it, at the break of the dawn]. And سَرَيْتُ الدُّلْجَةَ وَ البَلْجَةَ حَتَّى وَصْلَتُ [I journeyed during the whole night, or from the beginning of the night, or during the latter part of the night, and the breaking of the dawn, until I arrived]. And it is said in a trad., لَيْلَةُ القَدْرِ بُلْجَةِ The night of القدر is bright [like the dawn].

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