Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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سكرج سكرك سكف


سُكُرْكَةٌ

سُكُرْكَةٌ, (Mgh, and so in some copies of the Ḳ,) thus written by IAth, (TA,) [and thus in copies of the Ṣ and A voce مِزْرٌ, and of the Ṣ and Ḳ voce سُقُرْقَعٌ, and of the Mgh and Mṣb and Ḳ voce غُبَيْرَآءُ, &c.,] or سُكْرُكَةٌ, thus written by Sh, (TA in art. سكر, and thus in a copy of the Ḳ,) an Abyssinian word, (TA,) arabicized, (Mgh, TA,) A certain beverage, (Mgh, Ḳ, TA,) of the Abyssinians, (Mgh,) prepared from ذُرَة [or millet], (Mgh, Ḳ, TA,) which intoxicates; the wine of the Abyssinians; also called سُقُرْقَعٌ [q. v.], (TA,) and غُبَيْرَآءُ, (Mgh and Mṣb and Ḳ in art. غبر, and TA in the present art.,) and مِزْرٌ [q. v.]. (A in art. مزر.)


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