Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَرْمَرٌ

Root: مر

Full Definition

مَرْمَرٌ [Marble: or alabaster: in the present day, more commonly the latter:] i. q. رُخَامٌ: i. e., a kind of soft white stone: or a hard kind of رخام: or a kind of رخام, but harder and clearer [than what is commonly so called].

def.2 See also مَرْمَارٌ.


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