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زرجن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to the color of wine or grapes, possibly derived from Persian. It is associated with the color of gold or a red dye.

Derived headwords

الزرجونnoun
  1. 1.
    with vowel marks: red wineboth

    with vowel marks: red wine

  2. 2.
    the grapevineboth

    the grapevine

Parallel reading

الزرجون بالتحريك: الخمر، ويقال الكرم.
Al-Zarjun (with vowel movement): Wine, and it is also said to be the grapevine.
كأن باليرنإ المعلول ماء دوالى زرجون ميل
As if the tainted wine of the Yirna is the water of golden-hued grapevines.
وهي فارسية معربة، أي لون الذهب.
And it is an Arabized Persian word, meaning the color of gold.
هو صبغ أحمر.
It is a red dye.