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Definition of Jandal
1. Noun. (New Zealand) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps mounted between the big toe and index toe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jandal
1. a thong [n -S] - See also: thong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jandal
Literary usage of Jandal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1893)
"... -J-jandal. At the time his holy and prophetic lordship—uwb— was staying in
... -j-jandal, and arrived one night in a fine moonshine in the vicinity of ..."
2. The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Balādhurī, Philip Khuri Hitti (1916)
"CHAPTER XIII DUMAT AL-jANDAL Khalid ibn-al-Walid captures ... at Dumat
al-jandal.1 Khalid took him captive, killed his brother, robbed him of a silk ..."
3. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1894)
"... -j-jandal , A'mru A'ass met Abu Musa Asha'ry, and exalting him above himself,
said: ' 0 brother, the time of separation has become protracted; ..."
4. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1876)
"... .al-jandal, the Persians thought that thou hadst returned [to Medinah), and
the troops which were scattered have reassembled; they are commanded by two ..."
5. A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1907)
"Ra'i was riding a mule and was accompanied by his son, jandal, who said to his
father: " Why do ... Then he exclaimed in verse :— "O jandal! what will say ..."
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