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زَغْرَدَةٌ

Root: زغرد

Form: Q. 1

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زَغْرَدَةٌ
Q. 1
The braying that is reiterated in the fauces, or throat, or in the جَوْف [meaning chest], of the camel: an Verbal.Noun, of which the verb is زَغْرَدَ: you say, زَغْرَدَ البَعِيرُ.
2 Hence the زَغْرَدَة of women on the occasions of rejoicings. [One says, of a woman, زَغْرَدَتْ, more commonly in the present day زَغْرَطَتْ, meaning She uttered shrill, quavering, or rapidly-reiterated, sounds, or cries of joy: which sounds, or cries, are termed زَغَارِيدُ , and now more commonly زَغَارِيط.]
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