- נרא
- נָרָאm. (v. preced.) violet (color), violet (flower). Gitt.19b בדקינן ליה במיא דנ׳ we examine the sheet with a violet-colored liquid (to bring out any faded writing). Ab. Zar.28b אודדא דנ׳ Ar. (ed. אודרא דנדא; Ms. M. דנורא) violet-dyed wool. (R. Ḥan.: מיא דנ׳ decoction of the bark of the pomegranate-tree, Pers. nâr, Perl. Et. St., p. 37, sq.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
