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جَلَد

[d͡ʒa.lad]

verb

LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Meaning
  1. to hit (someone) on the skin
  2. to lash
  3. to whip
  4. to flog
Examples

جَلَدَ الحارسُ المُجرمَ عقاباً له.

The guard lashed the criminal as a punishment for him.

Pronunciationd͡ʒa.lad

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis verb is typically associated with formal or legal corporal punishment.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.