زير

زِيرٌ ذ [ A large water-jar, wide in the upper part and nearly pointed at the bottom; ] a [ vessel of the kind called ] دَنّ: or a [ vessel such as is called ] حُبّ, (K,) in which water is put: (TA: [but يعمل is there put by mistake for يُجْعَلُ:]) of the dial. of El-'Irák [and that of Egypt]: pl. أَزْيَارٌ: a foreign word. (TA in art. زور, in which, and in art. زير, the word is mentioned in the K.) -A2- See also art. زور. -A3- Also I. q. زِرٌّ; (IAar, TA in art. زور;) the former ر in the latter word being changed by some of the Arabs into ى in this and similar instances. (Az, TA.) -A4- [See also بَصَلٌ.]