برن

بَرْنِىٌّ A sort of dates, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) well known, (K,) the best of dates, (M,) or of the best of dates, (Msb,) red, intermixed, or tinged, with yellow, having much لِحَآء [i. e. flesh, or pulp], and very sweet, (T,) or yellow, and round: (M:) n. un. with ة: (M:) it is an arabicized word, originally بَرْنِيكْ, i. e. good, or excellent, fruit: (K:) accord. to AHn, of Persian origin, i. e., بَارْنِىْ; بار meaning fruit, and نى denoting egregiousness: (M:) accord. to Suh, a foreign, or Persian, word, meaning blessed [or good or excellent] fruit; بَرٌ meaning fruit; and هِنِى, good or excellent [or wholesome]: the Arabs introduced it into their language: (Msb:) or, accord. to the Moajam of El-Bekree, it is from بَرْنٌ, the name of a town, or village. (TA.) It is converted by a rájiz into بَرْنِجّ; the double ى being changed into [double] ج. (S, M.) b2: You say also نَخْلٌ بَرْنِىٌّ and نَخْلَةٌ بَرْنِيَّةٌ [Palm-trees, and a palm-tree, of which the dates are of the sort described above]. (T.) بَرْنِيَّةٌ n. un. of بَرْنِىٌّ.

A2: Also A kind of vessel, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) well known, (Msb,) of baked clay: (S, Mgh, K:) or, as some say, of those that are termed قَوَارِير [i. e. flasks, or bottles, generally of glass]; such as are used by the seller of perfumes: (Mgh:) or a thing like a vessel of baked clay, big, or bulky, and green: and sometimes of the kind termed قوارير: (M:) or a thing like vessels of baked clay, big, or bulky, and green; of the kind termed قوارير that are thick, with wide mouths: (Lth, T:) pl. بَرَانِىٌّ. (Mgh.) A3: And A cock: (IAar, T:) or a young cock, (M, K,) when it attains to maturity, (M,) or when it begins to do so: (K:) of the dial. of El-'Irák: (M:) pl. as above. (T, M, K.)