ازر

اـِزَارٌ أزار اـزار ازار , masc. and fem., and ↓ اـِزَارَةٌ, and ↓ مِئْزَرٌ, (S, Msb, K,) and ↓ مِئْزَرَةٌ, (Lh,) and ↓ اـِزْرٌ, (K,) A thing well known; (S, Msb;) [ a waist-wrapper; ] a wrapper for covering, or which covers, the lower part of the body, [ from the waist downwards, concealing the thighs, and generally the upper half, or more, of the shanks, (see أَزْرٌ, or أُزْرٌ, and اـِزْرَةٌ,)] not sewed: or such as is beneath the shoulders, or on the lower half of the body: the رِدَاآءِ is that which covers the upper half of the body; or that which is upon the shoulders and back; and this also is not sewed: each of these explanations is correct: (MF:) or i. q. مِلْحَفَةٌ: (K:) [in the present day, اـِزَار, vulgarly pronounced اـِيزَار, is also applied to a woman's outer covering, or wrapper, of white calico; described in my “Modern Egyptians:” and ↓ مِئْزَرٌ, to a pair of drawers: and app., in post-classical writings, to anything resembling a waist-wrapper, worn on any part of the person, and in any manner; sometimes as a turban: ] and اـِزَارٌ also signifies anything with which one is veiled, concealed, or covered: (Th, K:) its pl. is اآزِرَةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) a pl. of pauc., (S, Msb,) and (of mult., S, Msb) أُزُرٌ (S, Msb, K) and أُزْرٌ, (K,) which is of the dial. of Temeem, or, accord. to MF, a contraction of أُزُرٌ: (TA:) and the pl. of مئزر is مَاآزِرُ (Msb.) You say, ↓ شَدَّ لِلأَمْرِ مِئْزَرَهُ (tropical:) He prepared himself for the thing, affair, or business. (A.) And ↓ شَدَّ المِئْزَرَ (tropical:) He abstained from sexual intercourse: or he prepared himself for religious service. (TA, from a trad.) And اِخْضَرَّ اـِزَارِى (tropical:) ( The place of ) my ازار became black: or, rather, became of a [ blackish ] hue inclining to green: because the hair when it first grows is of that hue. (Har p. 494.) And دَارِى اـِزَارِى [ My house is my covering ]: said by Es-Sarawee to IAar, on the latter's expressing his surprise at the former's walking in his house naked. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) Continence; chastity. (K, TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ عَفِيفُ الاـِ زَارِ, and ↓ المِئْزَرِ (tropical:) Such a one is continent, abstaining from women with whom it is unlawful to him to have commerce: (A 'Obeyd:) and in like manner, فُلَانٌ طَيّبُ الاـِزَارِ. (TA in art. حجز.) ― -b3- (tropical:) One's wife: (S, M, K:) or one's self: (IKt, Suh:) or one's wife and family: or one's family and self. (TA.) One says, فِدًى لَكَ اـِزَارِى(tropical:) May my wife be a ransom for thee: (Aboo-'Omar El-Jarmee, S:) or myself. (IKt, Suh.) And it is said in a trad. respecting the vow of allegiance made at the 'Akabeh, لَنَمْنَعَنَّكَ مِمَّا نَمْنَعُ مِنْهُ أُزُرَنَا (tropical:) We will assuredly defend thee from that from which we defend our wives and our families: or ourselves. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A ewe. (K, TA.) [But see شَاةٌ مُؤَزَّرَةٌ.] And اـِزَارْ اـِزَارْ is A cry by which a ewe is called to be milked. (K.)