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خنجر

خَنْجَرٌ خنجر (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خِنْجِرٌ (Msb) and خِنْجَرٌ, (K,) the last of a rare form, like دِرْهَمٌ, (TA,) A knife: or a great knife: (K:) or a kind of large knife [or dagger, generally curved, and double-edged], (S, Mgh, Msb,) called in Persian دَشْنَهْ: (Mgh:) pl. خَنَاجِرُ. (Msb.) Some say, [as, for instance, the author of the Msb,] that the ن is augmentative, the measure being فنعل. (TA.) -A2- Also the first, (K,) and ↓ خُنْجُورٌ , (As, S, TA,) or ↓ خُنْجُورَةٌ , and ↓ خَنْجَرَةٌ , (K,) A she-camel abounding with milk: (As, S, K:) pl. خَنَاجِرُ. (S.) And ↓ خُنْجُورَةٌ A bulky she-camel. (K.) خَنْجَرَةٌ خنجر خنجره خنجرة : see above. خُنْجُورٌ خنجور and خُنْجُورَةٌ: see خَنْجَرٌ, in three places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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