يَاقُوتٌ , [coll. gen. n.,
The sapphire, of whatever
variety: the ruby, oriental ruby, or red
sapphire, also called
ياقوتٌ
أَحْمَرُ;
of which
there are several varieties,
whereof one is the carbuncle;
also called
ياقوتٌ
جَمْرِىٌّ: the
sapphire, commonly so
called, or
blue sapphire, also called
ياقوتٌ
أَزْرَقُ: and the
topaz, oriental topaz,
or
yellow sapphire, also called
ياقوتٌ
أَصْفَرُ: the
jacinth, or
hyacinth,
accord. to Golius, who observes, as on the authority of
the Teyfáshee, that by this name are called
various
gems of the East; four species thereof being
enumerated; the
red, the
yellow, or
gold-coloured, the
blue, or
azure, and
the
white: that the
sapphire and the
chrysolite are also thus called: but that, by the
word used absolutely, the
red jacinth, or
hyacinth, commonly called the
ruby, is meant:
which last remark is agreeable with modern usage:]
a
well known gem; (K;) of which there are many
varieties, (TA,) the most excellent whereof is that
called
الياقوتُ
الأَحْمَرُ
الرُّمَّانِىُّ, (K,) also called
البَهْرَمَانِىُّ; [the
finest kind of ruby
or
carbuncle;] said to be brought from Sarandeeb
[or Ceylon]: it has the property of exhilarating, and of
conjoining [separated friends]; (TA;) and is profitable
for disturbance of the mind (occasioned by the black
bile, TA) and palpitation, and weakness of the heart and
stomach, if drunk; [being app. reduced to powder for
that purpose, as is done with some other gems in the
East;] and for congealment of the blood, if hung [upon
the person]: (K:) it is a Persian word, (S,) arabicized:
(S, K:) of the measure
فَاعُولٌ: n. un. with
ة; and pl.
يَواقِيتُ. (S.) Credit:
Lane Lexicon