مِزْمَارٌ
Root: زمر
Full Definition
مِزْمَارٌ
A musical reed, or pipe; what is called in Persian
نَاىْ [now generally meaning a flute]; as also
زَمَّارَةٌ , [which latter, by many pronounced زُمَّارَة, and generally so pronounced in Egypt, is applied to a double reed-pipe, figured and described in my work on the Modern Egyptians,] and
مَزْمُورٌ and
مَزْمُورٌ , the latter like مَغْلُوقٌ and مَغْرُودٌ: pl. of the first, and of the last two, مَزَامِيرُ. It is related in a trad., that Mohammad, on hearing Aboo-Moosà El-Ash'aree reciting, said to him, لَقَدْ أُعْطِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُودَ
2 مَزَامِيرُ دَاوُودَ also signifies [The Psalms of David;] what David used to sing, or chant, (يَتَغَنَّى بِهِ, in the CK يُتَغَنَّى به,) of the Psalms: and to such is likened the utmost sweetness of voice in reciting: and آل is said to be here redundant or pleonastic; meaning the person: or مزامير داوود signifies kinds of prayer, or supplication: it is pl. of مِزْمَارٌ and of مَزْمُورٌ or مُزْمُورٌ.
2 مَزَامِيرُ دَاوُودَ also signifies [The Psalms of David;] what David used to sing, or chant, (يَتَغَنَّى بِهِ, in the CK يُتَغَنَّى به,) of the Psalms: and to such is likened the utmost sweetness of voice in reciting: and آل is said to be here redundant or pleonastic; meaning the person: or مزامير داوود signifies kinds of prayer, or supplication: it is pl. of مِزْمَارٌ and of مَزْمُورٌ or مُزْمُورٌ.
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