دَوْرَقٌ
Root: درق
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دَوْرَقٌ
A certain measure for wine, or beverage, containing the quantity to be drunk [at once]: a Persian word, [originally دَوْرَهْ or
2 Also A jar having a loop-shaped handle, that is lifted, or carried, by the hand: of the dial. of the people of Mekkeh: pl. دَوَارِقُ. [In Egypt, it is applied to A narrownecked drinking-bottle, made of a dust-coloured, or grayish, porous earth, for the purpose of cooling the water by evaporation: several varieties of this kind of bottle are figured in ch. v. of my “ Modern Egyptians. ”]
2 Also A jar having a loop-shaped handle, that is lifted, or carried, by the hand: of the dial. of the people of Mekkeh: pl. دَوَارِقُ. [In Egypt, it is applied to A narrownecked drinking-bottle, made of a dust-coloured, or grayish, porous earth, for the purpose of cooling the water by evaporation: several varieties of this kind of bottle are figured in ch. v. of my “ Modern Egyptians. ”]
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