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بختج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root pertains to a specific type of beverage, namely cooked grape juice or wine. It originates from Persian and describes a drink that is prepared by boiling, often consumed with sediment to mitigate its potency.

Derived headwords

بَخْتَجnoun
  1. 1.
    cooked grape juiceclassical

    A beverage made from grape juice that has been boiled. It is often associated with a Persian origin.

  2. 2.
    wineclassical

    A fermented alcoholic beverage, specifically referring to the potent form of cooked grape juice.

ميبختهother
  1. 1.
    cooked juiceclassical

    The Persian term for cooked juice, from which the Arabic word 'bakhtaj' is derived.

Parallel reading

أهدي إليه بختج، فكان يشربه مع العكر.
A bakhtaj was gifted to him, and he used to drink it with the sediment.
البختج: العصير المطبوخ
Al-bakhtaj: the cooked juice.
وأصله بالفارسية ميبخته أي عصير مطبوخ
And its origin is in Persian as 'maybakhtah', meaning cooked juice.
وإنما شربه مع العكر خيفة أن يصفيه فيشتد ويسكر.
He only drank it with the sediment for fear that if it were clarified, it would become strong and intoxicating.