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جَحْرَآءُ

Root: جحر

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جَحْرَآءُ i. q. or , i. e. An eye deep, or depressed, in its socket. It occurs in a trad., in a description of Ed-Dejjál; but Az says that [in this instance] it is correctly جَخْرَآء, with خ.
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