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زَلَخَانٌ

Root: زلخ

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زَلَخَانٌ and زَلْخَانٌ The advancing, or preceding, accord. to the K, in going, or gait, but accord. to the parent-lexicons, in haste, or quickly; as also زلجان [i. e. زَلَجَانٌ, which is an Verbal.Noun; and in like manner زَلَخَانٌ and زَلْخَانٌ, accord. to the TK, are inf. ns., of which the verb is زَلَخَ, Present.T ـُ; though it is more probably ـَ].
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