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مًحْبَرَةٌ

Root: حبر

Full Definition

مًحْبَرَةٌ , which is the most approved form, and , because it is an instrument, a correct form, though said in the K to be incorrect, and مَحْبُرَةٌ and مَحْبُرَّةٌ , the last used by poetic license, The place, or earthern pot, or glass bottle, in which ink is put: pl. مَحَابِرُ.

def.2 Also, the first of these words, A thing, or things, in which happiness, joy, or gladness, is usually found: such are women said to be. [A cause of happiness, joy, or gladness; agreeably with analogy: of the same class as مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ.]
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