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مُغَالَقَةٌ

Root: غلق

Form: 3

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مُغَالَقَةٌIII signifies The contending for a bet, or wager; syn. مُرَاهَنَةٌ; originally, in the game called المَيْسِر: whence, in a trad., the phrase اِرْتَبَطَ فَرَسًا لِيُغَالِقَ عَلَيْهَا [He tied up a mare in order that he should contend upon her in a race for a stake or stakes].
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