سَنْدَرَةٌ

1.
(M, K) verbal noun of سَنْدَرَ, which signifies He (a man) went quickly: (TK:) [or was quick or expeditious:] synonym of the former سُرْعَةٌ: (M, K:) Sgh mentions it in article سدر, regarding the ن as augmentative. (TA.) Hence, according to some, the saying of 'Alee,
أَنَا الَّذِى سَمَّتْنِ أُمِّى حَيْدَرَهْ
كَلَيْثِ غَابَاتٍ غَلِيظِ القَصَرَهْ
أَكِيلُكُمْ بالسَّيْفِ كَيْلَ السَّنْدَرَهْ
[I am he whom my mother named Heydereh, like a lion of forests, thick in the neck: I will measure you with the sword with a quick measuring:] meaning, I will slay you quickly, before flight. (TA. [But see what follows.])
2.
A large, or an ample, sort of كَيْل [or measuring]: (M, K:) so explained by some in the saying of 'Alee above quoted: or in that saying it is from سَنْدَرَةُ as the name of a certain woman, who used to sell wheat and give full measure, or of a man who did so. (TA.) [See also سَنْدَرَةٌ as a subst., below.]
3.
Also The being bold, or daring: or boldness, or daringness. (TA.)
4.
And The being sharp in affairs, and acting with penetrative energy: or sharpness in affairs, and penetrative energy. (TA.)

Perseus ID: n20941