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فِرْفِيرٌ

Root: فر

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فِرْفِيرٌ [Purple;] a certain sort of colour.
2 And The violet: or violet-colour: syn. in Pers. بنفشه [i. e. بَنَفْشَه, which is said to have both of these significations].
3 [And Purslane, or purslain. ]
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