Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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طسق طسوج طش


طَسُّوجٌ

طَسُّوجٌ A certain weight; (T, TA;) two grains, i. e. grains of barley; (حَبَّتَنِ;) (Ṣ;) the quarter of a دَانِق; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) i. e. the twenty-fourth part of a دِرْهَم; the دانق being the sixth of a درهم: (TA:) pl. طَسَاسِيجُ: (Ṣ:) an arabicized word [from the Pers. تَسُو]. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: طسوج - Entry: طَسُّوجٌ Signification: A2

Also i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [as meaning A district, or province, or the like]; (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ;) such as a قَرْيَة [here app. meaning township], and the like: for instance, Ardabeel is of the طَسَاسِيج of Hulwán: (Mgh:) one of the طَسَاسِيج of the Sawád: (T, TA:) the طساسيج of the people of El-Ahwáz are like the مَخَالِيف of the people of El-Yemen and the أَجْنَاد of the people of Syria and the كُوَر of the people of El-'Irák and the رَسَاتِيق of the people of El-Jibál: (IB voce مِخْلَافٌ:) in this sense likewise (Ṣ) an arabicized word. (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ.*)


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