مَشَادِهُ ذ [a pl. of which the sing. is app. مَشْدَهَةٌ] Things that cause one to be busied, occupied, or employed; or busied, &c., so as to be diverted from something; or diverted from a thing by being busied; syn. مَشَاغِلُ [pl. of مَشْغَلَةٌ]. (Z, K.)
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