كُدَايْرَآءُ

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كُدَايْرَآءُ , [dim. of كَدْرَآءُ, fem. of أَكْدَرٌ,] A certain kind of food, accord. to Kr, who does not describe its composition; fresh milk in which dates of the kind called بَرْبِىّ are macerated: or milk in which dates are steeped and mashed with the hand: women are fattened with it: so called because of the duskiness (كُدْرَة) of its colour.

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