بِرْقِشٌ

A certain bird, (S, K,) different from that called أَبُو بَرَاقِشَ, (K, according to the TA, [for we there read طَايءِرٌ اخَرُ; the bird called ابو براقش having been mentioned before; but in the CK, in the place of اخَرُ, we find أَخْضَرُ, i. e., green;]) of small size, (S, TA,) that assumes various colours, of the kind called حُمَّر, (TA,) like the sparrow, (S, TA,) and called شُرْشُورٌ (S, K) by the people of El-Hijáz: (S, TA:) but Az states his having heard certain of the Arabs of the desert call it ابو براقش. (TA.)

Perseus ID: n2340