زَأْرَةٌ
Root: زأر
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زَأْرَةٌ
A thicket, wood, or forest; or a bed of canes or reeds; syn. أَجَمَةٌ; as also زَارَةٌ; (IJ, TA in art. زور [q. v.];) originally with ء; [such as is the haunt of the lion; for] you say, الأَسَدَ فِى زَأْرَتِهِ [The lion is in his thicket, &c.]; and أَبُو الحَارِثِ مَرْزُبَانُ الزَّأْرَةِ i. e. Abu-l-Hárith [the lion] is the lord of the
أَجَمَة [or forest, &c.].
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