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سَنْدَرَةٌ

Root: سندر

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سَنْدَرَةٌ , [said in the TK to be the Verbal.Noun of Q. 1, q. v.,] (S in art. سدر,) or سَنْدَرٌ , or سَنْدَرِىٌّ , A مِكْيَال [or measure, for measuring corn, &c.], well known, of large size, like the قَنْقَل and the جُرَاف: this is said in explanation of the first of these words as used in the saying of 'Alee quoted above: i. e., the saying has hence been expl. as meaning, I will make a wide and quick slaughter of you: or it may be a measure (مكيال) made of the tree called سَنْدَرَةٌ: [for]
2 it is also the name of A certain tree, of which bows and arrows are made.
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