Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سِيرَجٌ

Root: سرج

Full Definition

سِيرَجٌ i. q. شَيْرَجٌ; (TA in the present art. and in art. شرج; [but in the present art., غير الشَّيْرَجِ is erroneously put for عَيْنُ الشَّيْرَجِ, meaning the same as الشيرج;]) but vulgar; (TA in art. شرج;) i. e. Oil of sesame, or sesamum: an arabicized word, from [the Pers.] شِيرَهٌ.


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