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رجل

Root: رجل

5 entries for this word

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Entry 1

رجل rajila a to go on foot, walk II to comb (هـ the hair); to let down (هـ the hair), let it hang long V = I; to dismount (من or if from; rider); to assume masculine manners, behave like a man │ترجل في طريقه to walk all the way VIII to improvise, extemporize, deliver offhand (هـ a speech) X to become a man, reach the age of manhood, grow up; to act like a man, display masculine manners or qualities

Entry 2

رجل rijl f., pl. ارجل ari‘l foot; leg

Entry 3

رجل rijl pl. ارجال arjāl swarm (esp. of locusts); -- common purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.; bot.)

Entry 4

رجل rajil going on foot, pedestrian, walking

Entry 5

رجل rajul pl. رجال rijāl man; pl. رجالات rijālāt great, important men, leading personalities, men of distinction │رجال الدولة r. ad-daula statesmen; رجال السند r. as-sanad informants, sources of information

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