مِزْرٌ

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مِزْرٌ A certain kind of beverage, or نبيذ, made of ذُرَة [a kind of millet]: [it is now called in Egypt and Nubia بُوزهَ and بُوظه: see De Sacy's “ Abdallatif, ” pp. 324 and 572; and my “ Modern Egyptians, ” vol. i. ch. iii.:] and of barley: or of wheat: and of [other] grains: A'Obeyd mentions that the Ibn- 'Omar explains the various kinds of نَبِيذ thus: بِتْعٌ is نبيذ of honey: and جِعَةٌ is نبيذ of barley: and مِزْرٌ, of ذُرَة: and سَكَرٌ, of dried dates: and خَمْرٌ, of grapes: and سُكُرْكَةٌ is the wine of the Abyssinians; Aboo-Moosà El-Ash'aree says that it is of ذُرَة, and it is also called سُقُرْقَعٌ, app. arabicized from سُكُرْكَة, which is Abyssinian: مِزْرٌ and سُكُرْكَهٌ are the same.
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