Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

زَفَرٌ

Root: زفر

Full Definition

زَفَرٌ A prop of a tree.

def.2 [In modern Arabic, it means Grease, greasy food, or flesh-meat: app. from the Pers. زَفَرْ or زَفْر, signifying “ filth: ” and hence, obscenity. Hence also the vulgar epithet زِفِر (app. for زَفِرٌ), meaning Greasy: and foul, or filthy: and obscene. See 5.]


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