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غِيَارٌ

Root: غير

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غِيَارٌ The cognizance, or badge, of the free nonmuslim subjects of a Muslim government; such as the زُنَّار [or waist-belt] to the Magians, and the like: or, as some say, the cognizance, or badge, of the Jews.
2 كَلامٌ بِغِيَارِهِ Speech, or language, having its own proper guise; not altered therefrom. (Msb in جلف.)

def.2 See also غِيرَةٌ.
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