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كَمَرَةٌ

Root: كمر

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كَمَرَةٌ The head [or glans] of the penis; or i. q. حَشَفَةٌ: pl. كَمَرٌ: [or rather, the latter is a coll. gen. n.; and the former, the n. un.] It is said in a proverb, الكَمَرُ أَشْبَاهُ الكَمَرِ; alluding to the likeness of one thing to another.
2 Hence, by synecdoche, The penis, altogether.
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