أُرْجُوَانٌ

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أُرْجُوَانٌ Redness: a certain red dye: or a certain dye, intensely red: accord. to A'Obeyd, what is called نَشَاسْتَج; and he says that the بَهْرَمَان is inferior to it (دُونَهُ [but this often has the contr. meaning]): it is said also that ارجوان is an arabicized word, from the Pers. أَرْغَوَان, which means a sort of trees having a red blossom, of the most beautiful kind; and that every colour resembling it is termed ارجوان. Also Red: and red garments or clothes. And one says أَحْمَرُ أُرْجُوَانٌ, mentioned by Seer has having an intensive meaning; in the K, أَحْمَرُ أُرْجُوَانِىٌّ ; but this is wrong; i. e. Intensely red. And قَطِيفَةٌ حَمْرَآءُ أُرْجُوَانٌ [A villous, or nappy, outer, or wrapping, garment, intensely red]: but IAth says that the most common practice is to prefix the word ثَوْب or قَطِيفَة to أُرْجُوَان so as to govern the latter in the gen. case; [saying ثَوْبُ أُرْجُوَانٍ or قَطِيفَةُ أُرْجُوَانٍ;] and that the word [ارجوان] is said by some to be Arabic, the ا and ن being augmentative.

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