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شَوْكَلَةٌ

Root: شكل

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شَوْكَلَةٌ , or شَوْكَلٌ , thus says EzZejjájee, but Fr says the former, [like IAar,] i. q. رَجَّالَةٌ [as meaning The footmen of an army or the like]: or مَيْمَنَةٌ [meaning the right wing of an army]: or مَيْسَرَةٌ [meaning the left wing thereof].
2 And i. q. نَاحِيْةٌ [probably as meaning The side, region, quarter, or direction, towards which one goes; like شَاكِلَةٌ, as expl. by Akh and others, in a saying mentioned voce شَكْلٌ].

def.2 Also i. q. عَوْسَجَةٌ [i. e. A tree of the species called عَوْسَج, q. v.].
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