Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خَوْتَلٌ

Root: ختل

Full Definition

خَوْتَلٌ Elegant; polite; acute, or sharp, or quick, in intellect; clever, ingenious, skilful, knowing, or intelligent: thought by ISd to be, perhaps, from الخَتْلُ signifying “the act of deceiving” &c.


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