Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ز

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زنبق

زَنْبَقٌ ذ [mentioned in the S and Msb in art. زبق] Oil of jasmine: (S, K:) or this is called دُهْنُ الزَّنْبَقِ, and is of the dial. of El-'Irák; (Az, TA;) [for] it is said that زَنْبَقٌ signifies the jasmine [itself]: (Msb:) or, as some say, it is a certain flower, which is put into شَيْرَج [i.e. oil of sesame, or, as being likened thereto, because of its clearness, white oil before it becomes altered], and the like, and of which is [thus] made an [odoriferous] oil; like as is done with other species of flowers. (MF.) [In the present day, this name is applied to several species of plants: namely, Mogorium sambac of Juss., Lam., Desfont.: ― -b2- Nyctanthes sambac of Linn.; nyctanthes undulata in notis Amœn. academ. 4, p. 449: (Delile, Flor. Aegypt. Illustr., no. 8:) ― -b3- and Iris germanica of Linn.; or Iris sambac of Forsk.: (Idem, no. 26:) ― -b4- also the lily.] ― -b5- Also The [musical reed, or pipe, called] زَمَّارَة, (AA, T, TA,) or مِزْمَار. (Aboo-Málik, K.) ― -b6- أُمُّ زَنْبَقٍ Wine: (IAar, K, and T in art. ام:) or wine such as is termed فَيْهَجٌ and قِنْدِيدٌ. (IAmb, TA in art. فهج.) زَنْبَاقٌ ذ A certain herb, or leguminous plant, hot, burning, or biting, to the tongue, and that causes headache. (K.)