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مَعْرُوكٌ

Root: عرك

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مَعْرُوكٌ Water to which there is a pressing or crowding together [of camels].
2 أَرْضٌ مَعْرُوكَةٌ Land which the cattle pasturing at their pleasure have rubbed and pressed [with their feet] (عَرَكَتْهَا) so that it has become barren.
3 And رَجُلٌ مَعْرُوكٌ A man pressed with petitions.
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