عفرة

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ف ر (ʕ-f-r)

Noun[edit]

عُفْرَة (ʕufraf

  1. dust colour, ash-gray
    • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 12:80:
      كُنْتُ أَرَى عُفْرَةَ إِبْطَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ
      kuntu ʔarā ʕufrata ʔibṭayhi ʔiḏā sajada
      I used to see the whiteness of his armpits when he prostrated.

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