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جَشِيرٌ

Root: جشر

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جَشِيرٌ : see جَشَرٌ

def.2 Also A [quiver of the kind called] وَفْضَة; i. e., a كِنَانَة; and so جَفِيرٌ; accord. to ISd, a [quiver of the kind called] جَعْبَة, of skins, slit in the side in order that the wind may enter it and the feathers may therefore not be eaten: or, accord. to Z, i. q. جِرَابٌ
2 And A large جُوَالِق [or sack]: pl. [of pauc.] أَجْشِرَةٌ and [of mult.] جُشُرٌ.
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