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1 جَزْفٌ جزف [inf. n. of جَزَفَ] signifies The taking a thing [in the manner termed] مَجَازَفَةً and جِزَافًا [i. e. by conjecture, not knowing the measure nor the weight]: (S, TA:) or the taking largely, or copiously: (IF, Msb, TA:) and it is [from] a Persian word. (Msb. [See جُزَافٌ, below.]) And you say, جَزَفَ فِى الكَيْلِ, inf. n. جَزْفٌ, He gave large measure: (IKtt, Msb:) and جَزَفَ لَهُ فِى الكَيْلِ He gave him large measure. (Jm, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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