جَاوَرْسٌ

[A species of millet;] a kind of grain, (Msb, K,) well known, (K,) resembling ذُرَة, but smaller: (Msb:) or, according to some, a species of دُخْن: (Msb:) or i. q. دُخْنٌ: (S in article دخن, and TA in article دخل:) or a well-known grain, which is eaten, like دُخْن, of which there are three species, the best whereof is the yellow [الصفر, or the word may be الاصغر, the smallest,] and weighty: it is likened to rice in its power, or virtue, is more astringent than دُخْن, promotes the flow of urine, and constringes: the word is arabicized, from [the Persian] Gَاوِرْسْ. (TA.)