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جَالٌّ جال Going forth, or emigrating, from a country, or town, to another country, or town; (Msb;) [as also جَالٍ; (see art. جلو;)] and so جَالَّةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) its pl., (Msb,) applied to a people, or company of men; (S, Msb, K;) originally applied to the Jews who were expelled from El-Hijáz; as also جَالِيَةٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, ↓ جَالَّةٌ , as a subst., meaning The poll-tax; (Msb;) as also جَالِيَةٌ, (S and Msb in art جلو.) You say, اُسْتُعْمِلَ ِفُلَانٌ عَلَى الجَالَّة [Such a one was employed as collector of the poll-tax]; like as you say, على الجَالِيَةِ. (S, Msb.) -A2- جَالَّةٌ as a fem. epithet used as a subst.: see جَلَّالَةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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