Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَرِيبَةٌ

Root: غرب

Full Definition

غَرِيبَةٌ fem. of غَرِيبٌ [q. v.]
2 [Hence, as a subst.,] الغَرِيبَةُ signifies The hand-mill: so called because the neighbours borrow it, and thus it does not remain with its owners.


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