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برزن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a specific type of vessel or container, often made from palm spathe, used for drinking or carrying liquids. It also touches upon the origin and etymology of the term.

Derived headwords

البَرِزِينnoun
  1. 1.
    Vessel from palm spatheclassical

    A container made from the husk of a palm spathe, used for drinking.

  2. 2.
    Drinking vesselclassical

    A vessel, often made from palm spathe, used for drinking liquids.

  3. 3.
    Pitcherclassical

    A type of pitcher or jug, specifically one made from palm spathe.

  4. 4.
    Cupclassical

    A cup or drinking vessel, sometimes described as being made from palm spathe.

التلتلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Drinking vesselclassical

    A drinking vessel, often made from the husk of a palm spathe.

  2. 2.
    Small pitcherclassical

    A small pitcher or drinking vessel, specifically one made from palm spathe.

مشربةnoun
  1. 1.
    Drinking vesselclassical

    A vessel used for drinking, often made from palm spathe.

Parallel reading

البرزين، بالكسر: إناء من قشر الطلع يشرب فيه، فارسي معرب، وهي التلتلة.
Al-barzīn, with a kasra: a vessel made from palm spathe from which one drinks, it is Persian in origin (mu'arrab), and it is al-taltalah.
وقال أبو حنيفة: البرزين قشر الطلعة يتخذ من نصفه تلتلة؛
And Abu Hanifa said: Al-barzīn is the husk of the spathe from which a taltalah is made from its half.
إنما لقحتنا باطية، ... جونة يتبعها برزينها
Our vessel has been filled with a large skin, ... a dark skin followed by its barzīn.
فإذا ما حاردت أو بكأت، ... فك عن حاجب أخرى طينها
And when it becomes dry or empties, ... it is opened from another side, its clay.
وصواب برزين أن يذكر في فصل برز، لأن وزنه فعلين مثل غسلين، قال: والجوهري جعل وزنه فعليلا.
And the correct placement for barzīn is to mention it in the chapter of 'baraza', because its pattern is fa'alayn like ghaslayn. He said: And Al-Jawhari made its pattern fa'alīla.
النضر: البرزين كوز يحمل به الشراب من الخابية.
Al-Naḍr: Al-barzīn is a small pitcher with which drink is carried from the skin (khābiyah).
الجوهري: البرزين، بالكسر، التلتلة، وهي مشربة تتخذ من قشر الطلعة.
Al-Jawhari: Al-barzīn, with a kasra, is al-taltalah, and it is a drinking vessel made from the husk of the spathe.