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زَمْرَةٌ ذ A company, or congregated body, of men; (S, K;) as also ↓ زَوْمَرٌ : (TA:) or (so in the TA, but in the K “ and ”) a party in a state of dispersion: (K:) pl. زُمَرٌ: (S, A, K:) you say, جَاؤُوا زُمَرًا They came in parties in a state of dispersion, one after another: (A:) some say that زُمْرَةٌ is from ↓ زَمْرٌ [originally an inf. n., (see 1, first sentence,) and hence] signifying “ sound, ” because a company of men is not without sound: others, that it signifies a company of few persons; from شَاةٌ زَمِرَةٌ: (MF:) but the former is the proper derivation, and is confirmed by what is said in the B. (TA.)

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