sakhī

generous, openhanded

سَخِيّ

Word

Adjective

Root

خ ي ي

In the library

وكان يلي إمارة الحاج بعد موت الشيخ شهاب الدين قلندر، وكان شهاب الدين سخياً فاضلاً عظيم الحرمة عند سلطانه، يحلق لحيته وحاجبيه على طريقة القلندرية.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries
  • خَيَّيْتُ خَآءً Form II I wrote a خ
    I wrote a خ. (JK, TA.)
  • خُيَيَّةٌ Open entry
    [ . dim. of خَآءٌ, q. v. in art. خوأ.]

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