What is the difference in connotation between المنـزل (al-manzil), الدار (al-dār), and البيت (al-bayt)? Thank you.
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The linguists have provided some distinctions between these words:
- Bayt (بيت): A single-roofed structure with a hallway. It ceases to be called a bayt if it collapses.
- Manzil (المنزل): Includes multiple buyut (houses), a roofed courtyard, and a kitchen, inhabited by a man and his family. It is larger than a bayt but smaller than a dar, comprising at least two or three buyut.
- Dar (الدار): Includes buyut and manazil (dwellings), and an unroofed courtyard. It remains a dar even if its walls are removed.
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