مِعْجَرٌ
Root: عجر
Full Definition
مِعْجَرٌ
and
عِجَارٌ (S, Msb, TA, in the O [erroneously] written مِعْجَار,] A piece of cloth which is bound upon the head, smaller than the
رِدَآء, and large than the
مِقْنَعَة, worn by a woman: a thing which a woman binds upon her head: a piece of cloth, like a fillet, which a woman winds upon the round of her head, after which she puts on, over it, her [garment, or covering, called] جِلْبَاب; [it is also said that] مِعْجَرٌ signifies a turban: or a turban [wound] upon the head without a turning [of a portion thereof] beneath the jaw: its pl. is مَعَاجِرُ: whence الاِعْتِجَارُ.
2 And مِعْجَرٌ signifies also A kind of garment, or cloth, of the fabric of El-Yemen, used as the لِحَاف or مِلْحَفَة and the رِدَآء: pl. as above.
3 And A thing woven of [the fibres of the palm-tree called] لِيف, like the جُوَالِق: pl. as above.
2 And مِعْجَرٌ signifies also A kind of garment, or cloth, of the fabric of El-Yemen, used as the لِحَاف or مِلْحَفَة and the رِدَآء: pl. as above.
3 And A thing woven of [the fibres of the palm-tree called] لِيف, like the جُوَالِق: pl. as above.
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