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شرج
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaشَيْرَجٌ ذ , (Msb, TA,) or شِيرَجٌ, (so in my copy of the Mgh,) or the latter is not allowable, (Msb, TA,) vulgarly pronounced سِيرَج, [q. v.,] with س and kesr, (TA,) an arabicized word, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) from [the Pers.] شِيرَهْ, (Mgh, Msb,) Oil of sesame, or sesamum: (Msb, TA:) and white oil (Mgh, Msb, TA) is sometimes thus called: (Msb, TA:) and expressed juice (عَصِير), (Mgh, Msb, TA,) or [ beverage of the kind called ] نَبِيذ, (Mgh,) before it alters; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) as being likened to oil of sesame because of its clearness. (Msb, TA.)
Derived headwords
شَيْرَجٌ
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