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دَفَارِ دفار (indecl., with kesr for its termination, TA) The female slave. (T, M, K.) Mostly used in vocative expressions. (TA.) One says to a female slave, (T, S, A, Msb,) reviling her, (S, Msb,) دَفَارِ, يَا meaning O thou stinking one! (T, S, A, Mgh, Msb:) alluding to her intrinsic foulness. (Msb.) ― -b2- See also دَفْرٌ, last sentence.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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