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بُنْدُقِىٌّ

Root: بندق

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بُنْدُقِىٌّ A garment, or piece of cloth, of fine, delicate, or thin, linen. [SM says,] It is most probably, in my opinion, so called in relation to the land of البُنْدُقِيَّة [or Venice]. [In modern Arabic, A Venetian sequin: pl. بَنَادِقَةٌ.] بُنْدَقَانِىٌّ [app. a post-classical word,] A maker of cross-bows (قِسِىّ البُنْدُق). (El-Makreezee's Khitat, art. خطّ البندقانيّين.)
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