دِيبَاجٌ
Root: دبج
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دِيبَاجٌ
, or دَيْبَاجٌ, or both, the latter having been sometimes heard, or the latter is post-classical, or wrong, a word of well-known meaning, [Silk brocade;] a certain kind of cloth, or garment, made of
إِبْرِيسَم [i. e. silk, or raw silk]: a kind of cloth, or garment, of which the warp and woof are both of
ابريسم: and particularly a name for that which is variegated, decorated, or embellished: a kind of woven stuff, variegated, or diversified, with colours: [accord. to Golius, as on the authority of the S and K, in neither of which is the word explained at all, “ vestis serica: imprimis picta, pec. Attalica, auro intexta:] derived from دَبَجَ: or it is a Pers. word, arabicized; so some say, and from it دَبَجَ is derived; originally دِيبَاىْ, or دِيبَا; [or rather دِيبَاهْ, for the change of the final ه into ج in arabicized words from the Pers. is very common;] or دِيوْ بَافْ, i. e. “ the weaving of the deevs, or jinn, or genii: ” pl. دَيَابِيجُ and دَبَابِيجُ; the latter being from the supposed original form of the sing., i. e. دِبَّاجٌ; like دَنَانِيرُ [pl. of دِينَارٌ, which is supposed to be originally دِنَّارٌ]: and in like manner is formed the dim. [
دُيَيْبِيجٌ and
دُبَيْبِيجٌ ].
2 دِيبَاجُ القُرْآنِ is a title given by Ibn-Mes'ood to The chapters of the Kur-án called الحَوَامِيمُ [the fortieth and six following chapters; each of which begins with the letters حٰمٓ].
3 See also the paragraph next following, in two places.
def.2 Also A young she-camel; one in the prime of life.
2 دِيبَاجُ القُرْآنِ is a title given by Ibn-Mes'ood to The chapters of the Kur-án called الحَوَامِيمُ [the fortieth and six following chapters; each of which begins with the letters حٰمٓ].
3 See also the paragraph next following, in two places.
def.2 Also A young she-camel; one in the prime of life.
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