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عَبْدَلِّىٌّ

Root: عبد

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عَبْدَلِّىٌّ and عَبْدَلَّاوِىٌّ [both post-classical, the latter, which is the more common, said by Forskål to be an appellation of the Cucumis chate, which is app. from قِثَّآء, denoting several species of cucumber; but it is] a sort of melon, [abounding in Egypt, of little flavour, eaten with sugar,] said to be thus called in relation to 'AbdAllah Ibn-Táhir, a governor of Egypt on the part of El-Ma-moon. [See also عَجُورٌ.]
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