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نَفْخٌ

Root: نفخ

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نَفْخٌ [Flatulence.
2 And hence,] Boastfulness; arrogance; pride; [inflation with pride]: pride was termed by Mohammad نَفْخُ الشَّيْطَانِ. (TA, art. همز.)
3 رَجُلٌ ذُو نَفْخٍ, as also ذو نَفْجِ, A boastful, arrogant, proud man; [a man inflated with pride].
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