خَوْتَلَى
Root: ختل
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خَوْتَلَى
A stealthy walk or gait: or a walking on one side. Hence the saying, هُوَ يَخْلِجُنِى بِعَيْنِهِ وَ يَمْشِى لِى الخَوْتَلَى [He makes a sign to me with his eye, and walks to me stealthily, or sideways].
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