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خِمْرَةٌ خمار خمر خمره خمرة A hiding, or concealing, oneself: (IAar, TA:) [or, accord. to analogy, a mode, or manner, of doing so.] ― -b2- See also خَمَرٌ. ― -b3- A mode, manner, or way, of wearing the خِمَار. (K, * TA.) You say, إِِنَّهَا لَحَسَنَةُ الخِمْرَةِ [Verily she has a beautiful mode of wearing the خمار]. (S.) And hence the saying of 'Omar to Mo'áwiyeh, مَا أَشْبَهَ عَيْنَكَ بِخِمْرَةِ هِنْدٍ [How like is thine eye to Hind's (when she practises her) mode of wearing the خمار!]. (TA.) Hence also, (TA,) إِِنَّ العَوَانَ لَا تُعَلَّمُ الخِمْرَةَ [Verily she who has had a husband will not require to be taught the mode of wearing the خمار]: (S, K, * TA:) a prov., (S, TA,) applied to him who is experienced and knowing: (K:) i. e. the experienced woman is not to be taught how she should act. (TA.) -A2- See also خَمْرَةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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