Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

زِرْيَابٌ

Root: زرب

Full Definition

زِرْيَابٌ , (in the CK زِرْباب,) an arabicized word, from [the Pers.] زَرْ آبْ, the hemzeh [in آبْ, for أَابْ,] being changed into ى, Gold: or the water thereof [i. e. water-gold; which may be deemed the more correct, as agreeing with the original].
2 And Anything yellow.

def.2 Also A certain black singingbird; called also ابو زولق, [app. a mistranscription for ابو زريق, as in Freytag's Lex., i. e. أَبُو زُرَيْقٍ,] accord. to the book entitled “ Mantik et-Teyr. ”


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