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fiqra (for A. فقرة fiqrat, v.n. fr. فقر ; see faqr), s.m. Vertebræ (of the back);—a choice phrase or sentence (as being likened to a vertebra of the back); fine or specious speech or words;—a line; a sentence, a period:—fiqrabāz, vulg. fiqre-bāz, adj. & s.m. Eloquent, glibtongued, plausible, artful;—an artful fellow, a knave:—fiqra banānā, To make up a fine sentence or speech; to make up or invent a story:—fiqra-bandī, s.f. Arrangement or construction of a sentence, composition; eloquence:—fiqra ćalānā, or fiqra denā, To bring forward, or to present, fine or specious sentences or words, to wheedle or deceive with fine phrases; to deceive, cheat:—fiqroṅ-meṅ ā-jānā(kisī-ke), To be deceived or taken in by the specious sentences or speeches (of); to be talked over (by).
Origin: Persian