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He disposed the hair hanging down upon each of his temples in the form of a
زُِرْفِين [or ring]: (S, * K:) but this is postclassical. (S.)
Perseus ID: n17683
and زِرْفِينٌ, (S, Mgh, K,) or the latter is the correct word, for there is no word of the measure فُعْلِيلٌ in the language, (Az, TA,) [though the former is agreeable with the Pers. word which is the original,] A ring of a door: (Mgh, K:) or [a ring] in a general sense: (K:) pl. زَرَافِينُ, occurring in a trad. as applied to rings of a coat of mail belonging to the Prophet, by which rings it was suspended: (TA:) arabicized, (S, K,) from the Pers. [زُرْفِينْ]. (S.) The latter also signifies A company of men [app. disposed in the form of a ring]. (TA.)
Perseus ID: n17684