جَاوَرْسٌ
Root: جرس
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جَاوَرْسٌ
[A species of millet;] a kind of grain, well known, resembling
ذُرَة, but smaller: or, accord. to some, a species of
دُخْن: or i. q.
دُخْنٌ: (S in art. دخن, and TA in art. دخل:) or a well-known grain, which is eaten, like
دُخْن, of which there are three species, the best whereof is the yellow [الصفر, or the word may be الاصغر, the smallest,] and weighty: it is likened to rice in its power, or virtue, is more astringent than
دُخْن, promotes the flow of urine, and constringes: the word is arabicized, from [the Persian] گَاوِرْسْ.
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