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مَطْبَخٌ ذ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ مِطْبَخٌ , (Mgh, Msb,) sometimes called by the latter name as being likened to an instrument, (Msb,) and this latter is the only form mentioned in the A, and is said by Sb to be not a noun of place, but a subst. like مِرْبَدٌ, (TA,) A place of cooking; a place in which cooking is performed; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) a cook's house or room; a kitchen. (T.) [See also مُطَّبَخٌ.] One says, هُوَ أَبْيَضُ المَطْبَخِ (tropical:) [lit. He is one whose kitchen, or cooking-place, is white; meaning he is inhospitable; like as one says in the contrary case, هُوَ كَثِيرُ الرَّمَادِ]: and in like manner, هُمْ بِيضُ المَطَابِخِ. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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