زُرْنُوقٌ

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زُرْنُوقٌ , as some pronounce it, is by others pronounced زَرْنُوقٌ, which is of a strange form, [said to be] of the measure فَعْنُولٌ, mentioned by Kr on the authority of Lh: [the dual] زُرْنُوقَانِ, mentioned by J in art. زرق, the ن being regarded by him as augmentative, but by the author of the K as radical, also pronounced زَرْنُوقَانِ, signifies Two pillarlike structures (مَنَارَتَانِ) constructed by the head of a well, on the two sides thereof; or two walls; or two posts; across which is placed a piece of wood, called the نَعَامَة; and to this is suspended the pulley by means of which the water is drawn: or two structures like the signs set up to show the way, by the brink of a well, of clay or of stones: accord. to the S, if of wood, they are called دِعَامَتَان: or, as El-Kilábee says, if of wood, they are called نَعَامَتَانِ, and the crosspiece is called the عَجَلَة, and to this the large bucket is suspended: pl. زَرَانِيقُ.
2 زُرْنُوقٌ also signifies A rivulet; app. a rivulet in which runs the water that is drawn by means of the زرنوق.

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