زُنَّار
Root: زنر
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زُنَّار
and
زُنَّارَةٌ and
زُنَّيْرٌ The thing [meaning waist-belt] that is upon the waist of the Christian and Magian; the thing which the
ذِمِّىّ [or free non-Muslim subject of a Muslim government, who pays a poll-tax for his freedom and toleration, i. e., Christian, Jew, or Sabian,] binds upon his waist: [accord. to the K, from تَزَنَّرَ “ it became slender, or narrow: ” but the reverse is implied in the A: see 5: and it is more probably derived from the Greek
ζωνάρη , as observed by Golius, or
ζωνάριον , as suggested by Freytag:] pl. زَنَانِيرُ.
def.2 See also زِنِّيرٌ.
def.2 See also زِنِّيرٌ.
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