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قَوْمٌ

Root: قوم

Full Definition

قَوْمٌ [A people, or body of persons composing a community: and people, or persons:] a company, or body, [or party, ] of men, [properly] without women: or of men and women together; for the قوم of every man is his party, and his kinsfolk, or tribe: or sometimes including women, as followers; for the قوم of every prophet is of men and women.
2 قَوْمٌ opposed to نِسَآءٌ: see a verse cited voce سَوْفَ.
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