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سكرك

سُكُرْكَةٌ ذ , (Mgh, and so in some copies of the K,) thus written by IAth, (TA,) [and thus in copies of the S and A voce مِزْرٌ, and of the S and K voce سُقُرْقَعٌ, and of the Mgh and Msb and K voce غُبَيْرَآءُ, &c.,] or سُكْرُكَةٌ, thus written by Sh, (TA in art. سكر, and thus in a copy of the K,) an Abyssinian word, (TA,) arabicized, (Mgh, TA,) A certain beverage, (Mgh, K, TA,) of the Abyssinians, (Mgh,) prepared from ذُرَة [or millet], (Mgh, K, TA,) which intoxicates; the wine of the Abyssinians; also called سُقُرْقَعٌ [q. v.], (TA,) and غُبَيْرَآءُ, (Mgh and Msb and K in art. غبر, and TA in the present art.,) and مِزْرٌ [q. v.]. (A in art. مزر.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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