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زُمَاوَرْدٌ

Root: زماورد

Full Definition

زُمَاوَرْدٌ , (S and K in art. ورد,) or زَمَاوَرْدٌ, as in the Commentaries on the Keshsháf, or زُمَّاوَرْدٌ, an arabicized word, vulgarly بَزْمَاوَرْدٌ, or بُزْمَاوَرْدٌ, and the vulgar appellation is correct, agreeing with the Pers. original, [which is بَزْمَاوَرْدٌ, or] پژماورد, A certain kind of food, composed of eggs and flesh-meat: or thin paste folded together, with flesh-meat within: or the kind of food called لُقْمَةُ القَاضِى, [i. e. small, light, spongy balls, generally about the size of walnuts, made of leavened dough, and eaten with honey poured over,] and also called لُقَمَةُ الخَلِيفَةِ, and نَرْجِسُ المَائِدَةِ, and مُيَسَّرٌ, and مُهَيَّأٌ; and in Khurásán called نَوَالَه: or نوالهء بزرگان: [or, as Golius says, on the authority of Meyd, a kind of food made of fine flour, bruised almonds, and honey.]
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