Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَزِينٌ

Root: رزن

Full Definition

رَزِينٌ Heavy, or weighty; applied to a thing of any kind.
2 [Hence,] Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; and forbearing: and still, or motionless: or firm, or sound, of judgment: wise, or sensible: or a man having much gravity, staidness, &c.: and رَزَانٌ signifies the same, applied to a woman; or, thus applied, grave, staid, &c., in her sitting-place: the epithet رَزِينَةٌ is not applied to her unless she be firm, or constant; and grave, staid, &c.; and continent, chaste, or modest; grave, staid, &c., in her sitting-place.
3 أَبُو رَزِينٍ is a name given to The [kind of sweet food commonly called] خَبِيص [q. v.]; because of its excellence among eatables, and its high estimation, and its surpassing cost, and its being put the last thing to be eaten.


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