خَاطِرٌ

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خَاطِرٌ [part. n. of 1, q. v.:] Walking with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side; as also خَطِرٌ , or خَطْرٌ .

def.2 An opinion, or an idea, or object of thought, bestirring itself in the mind; i. q. هَاجِسُ, i. e. a thing coming at random into the mind: (S in art. هجس:) or a cogitation which bestirs itself, or occurs, (يَخْطُرُ,) in the mind, with a view to the end, issue, or result, of a thing: pl. خَوَاطِرُ: [and خَطْرَةٌ signifies the same; for] خَطَرَاتٌ [which is its pl.] is syn. with خَوَاطِرُ; [whence the phrase,] خَطَرَاتُ الشَّيَاطِينِ The vain suggestions of the devils. (S and TA in art. همز, &c.) [See also خَطَرٌ, last sentence]
2 Hence it is applied to The mind itself.

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