مَعْشَر

maEo$arN * A company, or collective body, (Az, S, O, Msb, K,) of people, (S,) consisting of men, exclusive of women; like nafarN and qawomN and rahoTN ; (Az, Msb;) having no proper sing.: (Az:) or any company, or collective body, whose state of circumstances is one; a community; as the mE$r of the Muslims and that of the Polytheists: (Lth:) or a great company, or collective body; so called [from Ea$arapN ,] because they are many; for E$rp is that large and perfect number after which there is no number but what is composed of the units comprised in it: (MF:) or the family of a man: or jinn (i. e. genii ) and mankind: (K: [or the author of the K may mean, or jinn: and also mankind: ]) in the Kur [vi. 130, and lv. 33], we find the expression yaA maEo$ara A@lojin~i waA@loA_inosi ; but this means O mE$r consisting of the jinn and of mankind: and [vi. 128], yaA maEo$ara Aljin~i , without the mention of AlAns : (MF:) pl. maEaA$iru . (S, Msb.) [See also Ea$iyrapN .] -A2- maEo$ara : see Eu$aAra , in four places.