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مَنْظَرَةٌ

Root: نظر

Full Definition

مَنْظَرَةٌ A high place on which a person is stationed to watch; a place on the top of a mountain, where a person observes and watches the enemy: and مَنَاظِرُ [the pl.] eminences; or elevated parts of the earth; or high grounds: because one looks from them.
2 Its application to A certain separate place of a house, [generally an apartment on the groundfloor overlooking the court, and also a turret, or rather a belvedere, and any building, or apartment, commanding a view,] is vulgar.
3 See also نَظَّارَةٌ.
4 And see مَنْظَرٌ, in five places.
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