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شُفَارِجٌ

Root: شفرج

Full Definition

شُفَارِجٌ A tray (طَبَقٌ) on which are small saucers, or cups, فَيْخَات and سُكُرَّجَات: a Pers. word, arabicized; from بِيشْبَارَجْ or بِيشْبَارِجْ or بِيشَارَجْ; or what people call بِيشْبَارَِجْ: [i. e. پِيشْ پَارْ or پِيشْ پَارَهْ, “ pésh pár, ” and “ pésh párah, ” meaning “ sweetmeats presented to a guest: ”] accord. to ElJawáleekee, it signifies different kinds of flesh-meat in طبايخ: [but what this means I know not: I suppose it to be a corruption of some word signifying saucers or the like:] in the “ Kitáb el-Moheet, ” شَفَارِيجُ is said to be pl. of شُفَارِجٌ, signifying a kind of food.
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