خَفِيرٌ
Root: خفر
Full Definition
خَفِيرٌ
A protector; one who protects, grants refuge, preserves, saves, rescues, or liberates; from one who seeks or pursues; as also
خُفَرَةٌ : a protector of a people, in whose safeguard they are as long as they remain in his district: pl. خُفَرَآءُ. One who guards seed-produce from the birds.
2 Oae who is protected, to whom refuge is granted, who is preserved, saved, rescued, or liberated. The K might be thought to imply that خُفَرَةٌ is also used in this sense; but it is not.
3 See also خَفِرٌ.
2 Oae who is protected, to whom refuge is granted, who is preserved, saved, rescued, or liberated. The K might be thought to imply that خُفَرَةٌ is also used in this sense; but it is not.
3 See also خَفِرٌ.
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