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زبرج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زِبْرِجٌ ذ Embellishment, ornament, or decoration; consisting in variegated, or figured, work; or in jewels, or gems; (S, K, TA;) and the like: (S, TA:) embellishment, ornament, or decoration, of weapons: (TA:) and anything beautiful. (Th, TA.) [Hence,] زِبْرِجُ الدُّنْيَا The vanities and finery of the present world or state of existence. (TA, from a trad. of 'Alee.) ― -b2- Also Gold: (S, K:) so some say. (S.) ― -b3- And Thin clouds, in which is a redness: (Fr, S, K:) or clouds spotted in the surface with blackness and redness: or light clouds which the wind sweeps away, or disperses: or red clouds: but AZ says that the first of these is the correct signification: and clouds spotted like the leopard, seeming to be such as will give rain: and thin clouds, in which is no water. (TA.)

Derived headwords

زِبْرِجٌ
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زِبْرِجُ الدُّنْيَا