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شُورَةٌ ذ , (S, IAth, O, L, K,) with damm, (IAth, L,) and ↓ شَوْرَةٌ , (TA, and so in some copies of the K,) and ↓ شَارَةٌ , (S, O, L, K,) in which the | is changed from و, (TA,) and ↓ شُورٌ , (so in the L and in some copies of the K,) or ↓ شَوْرٌ , (so in other copies of the K and in the O,) and ↓ شَوَارٌ , (S, O, K,) and ↓ شِيَارٌ , (O, K,) Form, or appearance; figure, person, mien, feature, or lineament; external state or condition; state with respect to apparel and the like, or garb. (S, IAth, O, L, K.) One says, ↓ فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ الشَّارَةِ and الشُّورَةِ Such a one is goodly in form or appearance, &c. (TA.) And هُوَ رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الصُّورَةِ وَالشُّورَةِ He is a man goodly in respect of form and of appear- ance, &c. (Fr. S. [See also below.]) ― -b2- Goodliness, or beauty: (IAth, L, K:) so شُورَةٌ is expl. by IAar: (O:) and ↓ شَوْرَةٌ , with fet-h, is expl. as signifying pleasing beauty: (TA:) app. from شَوْرٌ, the “ act of exhibiting, or showing, ” a thing. (IAth, TA.) ― -b3- Clothing, or apparel: (S, O, L, K:) ↓ شَوْرَةٌ , with fet-h, is said to have this signification by Th: and ↓ شَارَةٌ is also expl. as signifying goodly, or beautiful, apparel. (TA.) ― -b4- Ornament, ornature, or finery. (K.) ― -b5- Fatness. (K.) ― -b6- And شُورَةٌ, with damm, and ↓ مِشْوَارٌ , Aspect, or pleasing aspect; syn. مَنْظَرٌ: and Internal, or intrinsic, state or quality; syn. مَخْبَرٌ. (K, * TA.) One says, ↓ لَيْسَ لِفُلَانٍ مِشْوَارٌ i. e. مَنْظَرٌ [Such a one has not a pleasing aspect]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ الصُّورَةِ وَالشُّورَةِ Such a one is good in respect of form, and of internal state or qualities, when tried. (TA.) And ↓ فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ المِشْوَارِ Such a one is good when one tries him. (As, TA.) -A2- For the first word (شُورَةٌ), see also مِشْوَارَةٌ. -A3- And see مُسْتَشِيرٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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