زَنْبَقٌ

[mentioned in the S and Msb in article زبق] Oil of jasmine: (S, K:) or this is called دُهْنُ الزَّنْبَقِ, and is of the dialect 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.:

Nyctanthes sambac of Linn.; nyctanthes undulata in notis Amœn. academ. 4, p. 449: (Delile, Flor. Aegypt. Illustr., no. 8:)

and Iris germanica of Linn.; or Iris sambac of Forsk.: (Idem, no. 26:)

also the lily.]

Also The [musical reed, or pipe, called] زَمَّارَة, (AA, T, TA,) or مِزْمَار. (Aboo-Málik, K.)

أُمُّ زَنْبَقٍ Wine: (IAar, K, and T in article ام:) or wine such as is termed فَيْهَجٌ and قِنْدِيدٌ. (IAmb, TA in article فهج.)