بلور
بِلَّوْرٌ (
M,
Msb,
K) and بَلُّورٌ (
Msb,
K) and بِلَوْرٌ, (
K,) or the last only, (
IAar,
T,) [a
coll. gen. n., signifying Crystal;] the kind of stone called مَهًا, (
M,) which shines by reason of its whiteness and clearness; (
TA in art. مهو;) a well-known kind of stone, the best of which is brought from the islands of the Zinj (الزِّنْج); (
Msb;) a well-known kind of precious stone, (
K,
TA,) white and transparent: (
TA:) [Golius says, but I know not on what authority, if on any better ground than the resemblance of the name, “Græc.
βήρυλλος, beryllus, lapidis genus: de quo vide Plin. xxxvii. 5: aut potius, quo illum lapidem adulterari idem scribit, crystallum: ”]
n. un. with ة: (
M:) some say that it is a kind of glass [or factitious crystal; what we term crystal-glass; and to this the word is commonly applied in the present day; though still also applied to rock-crystal]. (
TA.)
