شفرج

شُفَارِجٌ ذ A tray (طَبَقٌ) on which are small saucers, or cups, فَيْخَات and سُكُرَّجَات: (O, K:) a Pers. word, (S, O,) arabicized; (S, O, K;) from بِيشْبَارَجْ or بِيشْبَارِجْ (K, TA) or بِيشَارَجْ; (as in some copies of the K;) or what people call بِيشْبَارَِجْ: (Yaakoob, S:) [i. e. Pِيشْ Pَارْ or Pِيشْ Pَارَهْ, “ pésh pár, ” and “ pésh párah, ” meaning “ sweetmeats presented to a guest: ”] accord. to ElJawáleekee, it signifies different kinds of flesh-meat in طبايخ: [but what this means I know not: I suppose it to be a corruption of some word signifying saucers or the like:] in the “ Kitáb el-Moheet, ” شَفَارِيجُ is said to be pl. of شُفَارِجٌ, signifying a kind of food. (TA.)