وَرَشَانٌ

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وَرَشَانٌ A certain bird, of the pigeon-kind, or resembling the pigeon, also called سَاقُ حُرٍّ, which is the male of the قَمَارِىّ [or kind of collared turtle-doves of which a single female is called قُمْرِيَّةٌ (see قُمْرِىٌّ)], of the birds of the desert, the flesh of which is lighter than that of the [common] pigeon: fem. with ة: pl. وَرَاشِينُ and وِرْشَانٌ, like as كِرُوَانٌ is a pl. of كَرَوَانٌ, contr. to rule. It is said in a proverb, بِعِلَّةِ الوَرَشَانِ تَأْكُلُ رُطَبَ المُشَانِ [With the pretext of the warashán, thou eatest the fresh ripe dates of the excellent kind called مشان]: said to him who pretends one thing and means another: originating from the fact that some people employed a slave belonging to them to guard the fresh ripe dates of their palm-trees, and he used to eat them, and, when reproved for his evil conduct, laid the blame upon the warashán; wherefore this was said to him.

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