زيت
Root: زي
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
زيت II to oil, lubricate, grease (هـ a machine, and the like); to add oil (هـ to some food)
Entry 2
زيت zait pl. زيوت zuyūt oil (edible, fuel, motor oil, etc.) │زيت حار (ḥārr) linseed oil; زيت حلو (ḥulw) sweet oil, oil free of hydrogen sulfide; زيت الحوت z. al-ḥūt cod-liver oil; زيت الخروع z. al-kirwa‘ castor oil; زيت السمك z. as-samak cod-liver oil; زيت التشحيم lubricating oil; زيت الاستصباح fuel oil; زيت الغاز z. al-gāz kerosene
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