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مَحَطٌّ

Root: حط

Full Definition

مَحَطٌّ [A place where loads, &c., are put down.
2 And hence,] A place where one alights, or alights and abides; as also : pl. [of either] مَحَاطُّ and [of the latter] مَحَطَّاتٌ.
3 [Hence also,] مَحَطُّ سُفُنٍ [A place for unloading of ships]. (S and K in art. فرض.)
4 [Hence also,] هٰذَا مَحَطُّ الكَلَامِ [This is the meaning, or intent, of the saying, or sentence: used in this sense in the present day].
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