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شِنِقْنَاقٌ

Root: شنق

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شِنِقْنَاقٌ a name for A calamity or misfortune (دَاهِيَة): or, as some say, a name of The chiefs of the Jinn, or Genii: or also a certain chief of the Jinn.
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