مُعْجَمٌ
Root: عجم
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مُعْجَمٌ
[pass. part. n. of 4: and also an Verbal.Noun of that verb]. حُرُوفُ المُعْجَمِ, an appellation of The letters of the alphabet (الحُرُوف المُقَطَّعَة) [of the language of the Arabs], most of which are distinguished by being dotted from the letters of other peoples, means حُرُوفُ الخَطِّ المُعْجَمِ [the letters of the dotted character]: or by المُعْجَمِ is meant الإِعْجَامِ, it being an Verbal.Noun, like المُدْخَل and المُخْرَج, so that the meaning of حُرُوفُ المُعْجَمِ is [the letters] of which a property is the being dotted: of which explanations, the latter is held by Mbr and IB and others to be the more correct.
2 Also, applied to a door, Locked.
2 Also, applied to a door, Locked.
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