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تَزِيدِيَّةٌ

Root: زيد

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تَزِيدِيَّةٌ , and تَزِيدِيَّاتٌ [alone], [Garments of the kind termed] بُرُود having in them red stripes, to which streaks of blood are likened: so called in relation to تَزِيد the son of حُلْوَان, the father of a tribe: or, as some say, تَزِيد the son of حَيْدَان: or from تَزِيد, a city, or town, of ElYemen, in which such برود were woven: or, accord. to some, J and F are in error; and the truth is, that there were some merchants in Mekkeh, called بَنُو يَزِيدٍ, thus with ى and in relation to them certain [camel-vehicles for women of the kind called] هَوَادِج were termed يَزِيدِيَّةٌ .
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