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خاو

Root: خوي

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خاو kāwin empty, vacant; dreary, waste, desolate │خاو على عروشه (‘urūšihī) completely devastated; خاوى الوفاض k. l-wifāḍ (= خالى الوفاض) with an empty pouch, empty-handed, without a catch

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