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د ر ف ش

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to shining or gleaming, possibly with a secondary meaning of a large banner or flag. It is noted as potentially being a Persian loanword.

Derived headwords

الدرفشnoun
  1. 1.
    gleamingclassical

    The act or state of shining or gleaming brightly.

  2. 2.
    large bannerclassical

    A large banner or flag, possibly a loanword from Persian.

الدرفشnoun
  1. 1.
    gleamingclassical

    The act or state of shining or gleaming brightly.

  2. 2.
    large bannerclassical

    A large banner or flag, possibly a loanword from Persian.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك عليه: الدرفش والدرفش، كجعفر وحضجر: اللمعان
And among what is to be added to it: Al-Darfash and Al-Darfash, like Ja'far and Hadjar: the gleaming.
جاء في حكاية الضحاك ملك العجم، وهي فارسية
It came in the story of Al-Dahhak, the king of the Persians, and it is Persian.
ويطلقونه على العلم الكبير
And they use it to refer to the large banner.
فيكون لغة في السين المهملة، فانظره
So it would be a variant pronunciation for the unpointed letter 's', look into it.