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سُكُرْكَةٌ

Root: سكرك

Full Definition

سُكُرْكَةٌ , thus written by IAth, [and thus in copies of the S and A voce مِزْرٌ, and of the S and K voce سُقُرْقَعٌ, and of the Mgh and Msb and K voce غُبَيْرَآءُ, &c.,] or سُكْرُكَةٌ, thus written by Sh, (TA in art. سكر, and thus in a copy of the K,) an Abyssinian word, arabicized, A certain beverage, of the Abyssinians, prepared from ذُرَة [or millet], which intoxicates; the wine of the Abyssinians; also called سُقُرْقَعٌ [q. v.], and غُبَيْرَآءُ, (Mgh and Msb and K in art. غبر, and TA in the present art.,) and مِزْرٌ [q. v.]. (A in art. مزر.)
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