جَزْفٌ

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جَزْفٌI [Verbal.Noun of جَزَفَ] signifies The taking a thing [in the manner termed] مَجَازَفَةً and جِزَافًا [i. e. by conjecture, not knowing the measure nor the weight]: or the taking largely, or copiously: and it is [from] a Persian word. (Msb. [See جُزَافٌ, below.]) And you say, جَزَفَ فِى الكَيْلِ, Verbal.Noun جَزْفٌ, He gave large measure: and جَزَفَ لَهُ فِى الكَيْلِ He gave him large measure.

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