Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَابِلِىٌّ

Root: بابل

Full Definition

بَابِلِىٌّ Of, or belonging to, or relating to, بَابِل [i. e. Babel], a place [well known] in El-'Irák: it is an epithet applied to enchantment, [which is said to have been there taught by two fallen angels, Hároot and Mároot, ] and to wine.
2 And hence, Poison: [and, accord to the CK, wine;] as also .
3 In the original language of the place above mentioned, البَابِلِىُّ is a name of المُشْتَرِى [The planet Jupiter].


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