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شرعف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific botanical terms, possibly referring to a type of plant or fruit, and also a specific type of incense or aromatic substance.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Incense/aromatic substanceclassical

    A type of incense or aromatic substance, specifically identified as 'kāfūr ṭalʿat al-faḥḥāl'. It is noted as an Azdi term.

الشَّرْعُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Plant or fruitclassical

    A plant or the fruit of a plant.

Parallel reading

الشرعاف والشرعاف، بكسر الشين وضمها: كافور طلعة الفحال، أزدية.
Al-shar'āf and al-shur'āf, with kasra and damma on the shīn: incense of ṭal'at al-faḥḥāl, an Azdi term.
والشرعوف: نبت أو ثمر نبت.
And al-shar'ūf: a plant or the fruit of a plant.