زِيرٌ
Root: زور
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زِيرٌ
, originally with و, written by the Sheykh-el-Islám Zekereeyà, in his commentaries on Bd, with hemz, contr. to the leading lexicologists; or زيرُ نِسَآءٍ; A visiter of women: (Az, TA in art. تبع:) a man who loves to discourse with women, and to sit with them, and to mix with them: so called because of his frequent visits to them: or who mixes with them in vain things: or who mixes with them and desires to discourse with them: without evil, or with it: and a woman is termed زِيرٌ also: you say اِمْرَأَةٌ
زِيرُ رِجَالٍ: but this usage is rare: or it is applied to a man only: a woman of this description is termed مَرْيَمٌ: pl. [of pauc.] أَزْوَارٌ and أَزْيَارٌ, the latter like أَعْيَادٌ pl. of عِيدٌ, and [of mult.] زِيَرَةٌ.
def.2 Custom; habit; wont.
def.3 A slender وَتَر [or bow-string]: or the most slender of such cords, (أَحَدُّهَا: (K, TA: in the CK أَحَدُهَا:) and the most firmly twisted.
2 Hence the زِير [or smallest string] of a مِزْهَر [or lute] is thus termed. [In this and the next preceding senses, it is app. of Persian origin.]
def.4 Flax: and with ة a portion thereof: pl. أَزْوَارٌ.
def.5 See also art. زير.
def.2 Custom; habit; wont.
def.3 A slender وَتَر [or bow-string]: or the most slender of such cords, (أَحَدُّهَا: (K, TA: in the CK أَحَدُهَا:) and the most firmly twisted.
2 Hence the زِير [or smallest string] of a مِزْهَر [or lute] is thus termed. [In this and the next preceding senses, it is app. of Persian origin.]
def.4 Flax: and with ة a portion thereof: pl. أَزْوَارٌ.
def.5 See also art. زير.
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