فِرْزَانُ
Root: فرزن
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فِرْزَانُ
[The queen of the game of chess; or, as some say,] what occupies the place of the wezeer to the sultán [in that game]: the former of these words is arabicized, from [the Pers.] فَرْزِين. (O and K in art. فرز, and K in the present art.)
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