Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ح ر n-ḥ-r

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ن ح رn-ḥ-r

(ف) نَحَرَ يَنْحَرُ نَحْرًاnaḥara yanḥaru naḥran: to slaughter a camel by stabbing it with a spear at the base of the neck (نَحْرnaḥr). Only once in the Quran: ﴿فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ﴾ (Al-Kawthar 108:2) — Note: نَحْرnaḥr is specific to camels and ذَبْحdhabḥ to cattle, sheep and goats; this distinction is relied upon in the rulings on sacrifice.

نَحْرٌnaḥr pl. نُحُوْرٌnuḥūr (noun, ism dhāt): the upper part of the chest, the base of the throat. (This word is not used in the Quran.)

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