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هَاجِرَةٌ

Root: هجر

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هَاجِرَةٌ : see هُجْرٌ, in four places.

def.2 الهَاجِرَةُ, and هَجِيرٌ , and هَجِيرَةٌ , and هَجْرٌ , Midday when the heat is vehement: or midday in summer, or in the hot season: or the period from a little before noon to a little after noon in summer, or in the hot season, only: or from the time when the sun declines from the meridian: or midday, when the sun declines from the meridian, at the ظُهْر: or from its declining until the عَصْر: because people [then] shelter themselves in their tents or houses; as though they forsook one another (تَهَاجَرُوا): or the vehemence of the heat therein: and الهُوَيْجِرَةُ [dim. of الهاجرة] the period a little after the هَاجِرَة: [pl. of the first, هَوَاجِرُ.] You say, طَبَخَتْهُ الهَوَاجِرُ [The vehement midday heats affected him with a hot, or burning, fever]. And صَلَاةُ The prayer of noon; as also الهَجِيرُ, elliptically. See also ظَهِيرَةٌ.
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