Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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تيك تيل تيم


تِيلٌ

تِيلٌ [Hemp, of which ropes and cloths are manufactured; thus called by the Arabs in the present day; perhaps from the Persian تِيلَا “a rope;”] a certain thing resembling flax, that comes forth from the sea; [possibly meaning that it is imported into Arabia;] and of which cloths are woven. (TA.)


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