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جَابِيَةٌ

Root: جبو

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جَابِيَةٌ A watering-trough, or large wateringtrough, in which water is collected for camels: or a watering-trough that collects water: pl. جَوَابٍ. Hence, in the Kur [xxxiv. 12], وَجَفَانٍ كَالجَوَابِى [And bowls like watering-troughs, or great wateringtroughs].
2 A company of men.
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