Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • فِرِنْدٌ A sort of cloth, or garment
    A sort of cloth, or garment, (Lth, T, O, K,) well known: (K:) an adventitious word, (Lth, T, O,) [from the Pers. پَرَنْد,] arabicized. (O, K.) ― -b2- And [hence, app.,] فِرِنْدُ السَّيْفِ, (T, S, M, O, K,) and ↓ إِفْرِنْدُهُ, (S, O, K,) The diversified wavy marks, streaks, grain, or water, of the sword; syn. وَشْيُهُ, (T, S, M, O, K,) and جَوْهَرُهُ, (T, O, K,) and رُبَدُهُ [q. v.], (S, O,) and مَاوأُهُ الَّذِى يَجْرِى فِيهِ, (T, O, *) and طَرَايأِقُهُ, (T, O,) i. e. سَفَاسِقُهُ. (T.) ― -b3- And الفِرِنْدُ signifies The sword itself. (M, L, K.) ― -b4- And The حَوْجَم; (K, TA;) i. e. (TA) the red rose. (M, TA.) ― -b5- And The grains of the pomegranate. (AA, O, K.)
  • فِرْنِدٌ Seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food
    i. q. أَبْزَارٌ [Seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food; &c.]: pl. فَرَانِدُ. (IAar, O, K.)
  • فِرِنْدَاةٌ sand-grouse
    A قَطَاة [or sand-grouse]. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)
  • إِفْرِنْدُ السَّيْفِ Open entry
    : see فِرِنْدٌ, second sentence.

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