Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

كُحَيْلٌ

Root: كحل

Full Definition

كُحَيْلٌ a proper name for A horse of high breed; as also كُحَيْلاَنٌ .
2 كُحَيْلٌ Tar (قَطِرَان) in the dial. of El-Hijáz. (TA, voce غَرْبٌ; from the T.) See نفْظٌ.


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