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حُنْدُرٌ

Root: حدر

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حُنْدُرٌ and حُنْدُورَةٌ and حُنْدُورٌ and and , and حِنْدِيرٌ and حِنْدِيرَةٌ and and حِنْدَارَةٌ , of which حِنْدِيرَةٌ is the most approved form, The black of the eye. One says, هُوَ عَلَى حُنْدُرِ عَيْنِهِ and عَيْنِهِ and عَيْنِهِ and عَيْنِهِ He is deemed burdensome, or troublesome, by him, so that he cannot look at him by reason of hatred. And جَعَلْتُهُ عَلَى عَيْنِى and عَيْنِى I made him, or it, a conspicuous object, or a thing in full view, of my eye. Several lexicographers mention these forms in art. حندر, regarding the ن as a radical letter, as it should not be held to be augmentative, when occupying the second place in a word, unless on strong evidence.
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