خَيْزُرَانٌ
Root: خزر
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خَيْزُرَانٌ
, vulgarly pronounced خَيْزَرَان, [a coll. gen. n., The kind of cane called rattan; so in the present day;] a kind of Indian tree, which consists of roots extending upon the ground; as also
خَيْزُورٌ : or [a kind of tree] not growing in the country of the Arabs, but only in that of the Greeks; whence the saying of En-Nábighah El-Jaadee,
2 Reed, or reeds; cane, or canes.
3 And hence, Musical reeds or pipes.
4 Spears: because of their pliableness: [or because commonly made of canes:] pl. as above.
5 Any pliable twig or rod; any piece of wood that is pliable. [Often applied in the present day to the osier; as well as to the rattan: n. un. with ة.]
6 The rod which kings hold in their hands, and with which they amuse themselves (يَتَعَبَّثُونَ) and make signs.
7 The pole with which a ship, or boat, is pushed or propelled, when pliable, or bending; as also خَيْزَارَةٌ .
8 Also, and with ة, The سُكَّان of a ship, i. e. its كَوْثَل [meaning the rudder]: or, accord. to 'Amr Ibn-Bahr, the لِجَام [lit. the bridle and bit, app. meaning the tiller] of a ship, by means of which the سُكَّان, which is the ذَنَب, is directed. (TA: [but instead of التى بها يقوم السُّكّانُ وهو فى الذنب, I read الذى به يُقَوَّمُ السُّكَّانُ وهوالذَّنَبُ.]) En-Nábighah says, describing the Euphrates in the time of its increase, or fulness,
[Their lands are the lands of the kheyzurán]: it is a kind of plant with pliable and smooth twigs: or a kind of tree, the roots of the قَنَا [by which are app. meant the canes of which spear-shafts are made]: pl. خَيَازِرُ.بِلَادُهُمْ بِلَادُ الخَيْزُرَانِ
2 Reed, or reeds; cane, or canes.
3 And hence, Musical reeds or pipes.
4 Spears: because of their pliableness: [or because commonly made of canes:] pl. as above.
5 Any pliable twig or rod; any piece of wood that is pliable. [Often applied in the present day to the osier; as well as to the rattan: n. un. with ة.]
6 The rod which kings hold in their hands, and with which they amuse themselves (يَتَعَبَّثُونَ) and make signs.
7 The pole with which a ship, or boat, is pushed or propelled, when pliable, or bending; as also خَيْزَارَةٌ .
8 Also, and with ة, The سُكَّان of a ship, i. e. its كَوْثَل [meaning the rudder]: or, accord. to 'Amr Ibn-Bahr, the لِجَام [lit. the bridle and bit, app. meaning the tiller] of a ship, by means of which the سُكَّان, which is the ذَنَب, is directed. (TA: [but instead of التى بها يقوم السُّكّانُ وهو فى الذنب, I read الذى به يُقَوَّمُ السُّكَّانُ وهوالذَّنَبُ.]) En-Nábighah says, describing the Euphrates in the time of its increase, or fulness,
[By reason of his fear, the sailor becomes in a state of cleaving, or laying fast hold, upon the خيزرانة, after fatigue and distress]. In a trad. it is said that the devil, when he had been commanded by Noah to go forth from the ark, mounted upon the خيزران of the ark, i. e. its سُكَّان.يَظَلُّ مِنْ خَوفِهِ المَلَّاحُ مُعْتَصِمًا بِالْخَيْزُرَانَةِ بَعْدَ الأَيْنِ وَالنَّجَدِ
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