Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ز

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زِيرٌ ذ , (S, K, &c.,) originally with و, written by the Sheykh-el-Islám Zekereeyà, in his commentaries on Bd, with hemz, contr. to the leading lexicologists; (TA;) or زيرُ نِسَآءٍ; A visiter of women: (Az, TA in art. تبع:) a man who loves to discourse with women, and to sit with them, (S, K,) and to mix with them: (TA:) so called because of his frequent visits to them: or who mixes with them in vain things: or who mixes with them and desires to discourse with them: (TA:) without evil, or with it: (K:) and a woman is termed زِيرٌ also: (K:) you say اِمْرَأَةٌ زِيرُ رِجَالٍ: (Ks:) but this usage is rare: (TA:) or it is applied to a man only: (K:) a woman of this description is termed مَرْيَمٌ: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَزْوَارٌ and أَزْيَارٌ, (K,) the latter like أَعْيَادٌ pl. of عِيدٌ, (TA,) and [of mult.] زِيَرَةٌ. (S, K.) -A2- Custom; habit; wont. (Yoo, K.) -A3- A slender وَتَر [or bow-string]: (S, K:) or the most slender of such cords, (أَحَدُّهَا: (K, TA: in the CK أَحَدُهَا:) and the most firmly twisted. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence the زِير [or smallest string] of a مِزْهَر [or lute] is thus termed. (TA.) [In this and the next preceding senses, it is app. of Persian origin.] -A4- Flax: (Yaakoob, S, K:) and with ة a portion thereof: (K:) pl. أَزْوَارٌ. (TA.) -A5- See also art. زير.