سُكُرُّجَةٌ
Root: سكرج
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سُكُرُّجَةٌ
, or سُكُرَّجَةٌ, accord. to different authorities, or both, not an Arabic word, but occurring in a trad.; [arabicized from the Pers. سُكْرَچَهٌ, meaning A saucer;] a sort of small bowl-shaped vessel, in [or out of] which one eats: it is of two sizes; the larger holding six ounces; and the smaller, three ounces, or four mithkáls, or between two thirds of an ounce [and some other quantity more or less ]: in such vessels, placed upon the tables, around the meats, the Arabs used to put sauces and the like to excite the appetite and to aid digestion: expl. by Ed-Dáwoodee as a small, varnished, bowlshaped vessel.
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