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نَاىٌ زُنَامِىٌّ ذ A ناى [or flute], so called because invented by ↓ زُنَام , a skilful زَمَّار [or player upon the musical reed] in the service of Er-Rasheed and El-Moatasim and El-Wáthik: vulgarly called زُلَامِىّ; said by Esh-Shereeshee to be thus miscalled by the common people of the West. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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