خَنْدَرِيسٌ
Root: خندرس
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خَنْدَرِيسٌ
Wine; so called because of its oldness: or old wine: [accord. to some,] derived from خَدْرَسَةٌ, a word not explained: by some said to be of the measure فَنْعَلِيسٌ, so that its radical letters are خدر; because wine is مُخَدِّر [i. e. a cause of torpor or languor]: by some said to be from خَرْسٌ; but to this it is objected that د is not augmentative: the truth is, that it is of the measure فَعْلَلِيلٌ, as Sb says: by the author of the L and others, it is mentioned after art. خنس: or it is a Greek word, arabicized: [but I know not how this is, unless, as an epithet applied to wheat, it be supposed to be from
χόνδρος :] IDrd thought it to be an arabicized word: it may be an arabicized word from the Persian خَنْدَهْ رِيشْ, meaning “ having a laughing beard,” [or rather “one whose beard is laughed at,” i. e., “a laughing-stock,”] because he who makes use of it [namely of wine] has his beard laughed at.
2 You also say, حِنْطَة خَنْدَرِيسٌ Old wheat: and تَمْرٌ خَنْدَرِيسٌ old dates.
2 You also say, حِنْطَة خَنْدَرِيسٌ Old wheat: and تَمْرٌ خَنْدَرِيسٌ old dates.
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