Arabic edit

Root
م غ ر (m-ḡ-r)

Noun edit

مُغْرَة (muḡraf

  1. colour inclining to red, ochre
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 34:52:
      كُنْتُ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ زَيْنَبَ اِمْرَأَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نَصْبُغُ ثِيَابًا لَهَا بِمَغْرَةٍ
      kuntu yawman ʕinda zaynaba imraʔati rasūli l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama wanaḥnu naṣbuḡu ṯiyāban lahā bimaḡratin
      I was with Zaynab, the woman of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we were dying her clothes ocre.

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Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: almagre
  • Spanish: almagre