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حَمَّالٌ

Root: حمل

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حَمَّالٌ A porter, or carrier of burdens.
2 حَمَّالَةُ الحَطَبِ [is applied in the Kur cxi. 4 to a woman, lit. meaning The female carrier of firewood: and as an intensive epithet is applied to a man, as meaning] The calumniator, or slanderer.
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