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دَاخِلَةُ

Root: دخل

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دَاخِلَةُ The part of the ازار [or waist-wrapper] that is next the body; the extremity of the ازار that is next the body, next the right side of a man when he puts it on; being the inner extremity in that case: and the part of the body which is the place thereof; not of the ازار: IAmb says that, accord. to some, it is a metonymical term for the مَذَاكِير [meaning the penis with what is around it]: or, accord. to some, the hip, or haunch.
2 دَاخِلَةُ الأَرْضِ The part of the ground that may serve as a place for concealment, and that is low, or depressed: pl. دَوَاخِلُ. One says, مَا فِى أَرْضِهِمْ دَاخِلَةٌ مِنْ خَمَرٍ [There is not in their land a place for concealment such as a hollow or a covert of trees].
3 [In the K and TA in art. جوز, the term دَاخِلَة is applied to Bad pieces of money intermixed and concealed among good pieces; as is there indicated in the K, and plainly shown in the TA.]
4 الدَّوَاخِلُ in the phrase الدَّوَاخِلُ وَالخَوَارِجُ has been explained in art خرج. (Msb. See خَارِجَةٌ.)
5 See also دُخْلَةٌ, in two places.
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