مِرْكَنٌ

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مِرْكَنٌ A kind of vessel, well known, like a تَوْر [q. v.], of leather, used for water: or i. q. إِجَّانَةٌ [q.v.], in which clothes and the like are washed; called in Pers. تَغَارْ: pl. مَرَاكِنُ and مَرَاكِينُ. One says, زَرَعُوا الرَّيَا حِينَ فِى المَرَاكِينِ [They sowed the sweet-smelling plants in the مراكين].

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