Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عُفْرَةٌ

Root: عفر

Full Definition

عُفْرَةٌ A dust-colour inclining to whiteness; a whitish dust-colour: or whiteness that is not clear: or whiteness that is not very clear, like the colour of the surface of the earth: or whiteness with a tinge of redness over it: the colour of an antelope such as is termed أَعْفَرُ.
2 See also عِفْرِيَةٌ, in three places.


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