Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

صُدْرَةٌ

Root: صدر

Full Definition

صُدْرَةٌ The صَدْر [or breast] of a man [or beast]: or the prominent part of the upper portion thereof.
2 Hence, A certain garment [which covers the breast], well known: a short shirt: a short دِرْع: and the dim., صُدَيْرَةٌ , is applied to a short shirt which is worn next the body. [In the present day, صُدَيْرِى, which is a corruption of the dim., is applied to A kind of waistcoat; a short vest without sleeves: and its pl. is صُدَيْرِيَات.] See also the next paragraph.


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