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سيرج
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaسَمَرَّجٌ ذ and ↓ سَمَرَّجَةٌ, (S, O, K,) each a Pers. word arabicized, (S, O,) [or rather a compound of the Pers. سِهْ “ three ” and the Arabic مَرَّهْ for مَرَّة “ a time, ”] The levying of the [ tax called ] خَرَاج at three several times [or instalments ]: (S, O, K:) or the name of the day on which payment of the خَرَاج is received; (K;) thus the former word is expl. by ISh; (O;) the day of the collecting of the خراج; (Ibn-'Abbád, ISd, O, TA;) a day when the foreigners, or Persians, (العَجَم) levy the خراج at three several times [or instalments ]: also mentioned as written with ش. (TA.)
Derived headwords
سَمَرَّجٌ
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