ṭawr

mountain

طَوْر

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ط و ر

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وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries
  • طَارَ حَوْلَهُ Form I He went, or hovered
    , aor. يَطُورُ, (TA,) inf. n. طَوْرٌ and طَوَرَانٌ, (K,) He went, or hovered, (حَامَ,) round about it. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- Hence, لَا يَطُورُنِى He will not approach my immediate vicinage. (TA.) And لَا تَطُرْ حَرَانَا Approach thou not our environs. (S, O, TA.) And لَا أَطُورُ بِهِ I will not approach him, or it: (S, O, TA:) occurring in a trad. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ يَطُورُ بِفُلَانٍ Such a one as it were hovers round about such a one, and draws near to him. (TA.)
  • مَا أَبْعَدَ طَارَكَ Open entry
    for ما ابعد دَارَكَ: see the remarks on letter ط.
  • طَوْرٌ A time; one time; like the French
    A time; one time; like the French “ fois; ” syn. تَارَةٌ: (S, A, O, Msb, K:) pl. أَطْوَارٌ. (S, K, A.) You say, أَتَيْتُهُ طَوْرًا بَعْدَ طَوْرٍ I came to him time after time. (A.) فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ طَوْرًا بَعْدَ طَوْرٍ He did that time after time. (Msb.) And جِيأْتُهُ أَطْوَارًا I came to him several times. (A.) ― -b2- And State; condition; quality, mode, or manner; form, or appearance: pl. أَطْوَارٌ. (Msb.) You say, النَّاسُ أَطْوَارٌ Mankind are of divers sorts and conditions. (S, A. *) It is said in the Kur [lxxi. 13], وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا And He hath created you of divers sorts and conditions: (TA:) or of different forms, every one of his proper form: (Th, TA:) or of various aspects and dispositions: (TA:) or one time, a clot of blood; and one time, a lump of flesh: (Akh, S:) or [one time,] seed; then, a clot of blood; then, a lump of flesh; then, bone. (Fr, TA.) ― -b3- And Quantity; measure; extent: (K:) limit: (S, A:) a limit between two things. (O, K.) You say, عَدَا فُلَانٌ طَوْرَهُ Such a one exceeded his proper measure, or extent: (TA:) or his proper limit: (S, A, O, TA:) and تَعَدَّى طَوْرَهُ he transgressed the limits of his proper state, or condition. (Msb, TA.) ― -b4- A thing that is commensurate, (L, K, TA,) or equal in length [and breadth (see عَدَآءٌ)], (TA,) or correspondent, to a thing; (L, K, TA;) as also ↓ طُورٌ and ↓ طَوَارٌ. (K.) You say of anything that is the equal of another thing, ↓ هُوَ طُورُهُ, and ↓ طَوَارُهُ It is the equal of it. (Aboo-Bekr, TA.) You say also, هٰذَا الحَايأِطِ ↓ رَأَيْتُ حَبْلًا بِطَوَارِ I saw a rope of the length of this wall. (TA.) And هٰذِهِ الدَّارُ هٰذِهِ الدَّارِ ↓ بِطَوَارِ This house has its wall contiguous to the wall of this [other] house, in one rank, or series. (TA.) And دَارٍ ↓ طَوَارُ, (S, O, K,) and دار ↓ طِوَارُ, (K,) and طَوْرُهَا, and ↓ طُوَرَتُهَا, (O,) The part of the فِنَآء [or exterior court, or yard], of a house, that is coextensive with the house; (S, A, O, K; *) i. q. جَوَارُهُ. (K in art. جور.) [See also the next paragraph.]
  • طُورٌ yard
    : see طَوْرٌ, latter part, in two places. ― -b2- The yard (فِنَآء) of house; (K;) as also ↓ طُوَرَةٌ. (TA.) [See also طَوَار, voce طَوْرٌ, last signification.] -A2- A mountain: (S, O, K:) or any mountain that produces trees, otherwise a mountain is not so called. (R, TA.) [Hence الطُّورُ is applied to Mount Sinai, which is also called طُورُ سِينَآءَ, and طُورُ سِينِينَ; and to the Mount of Olives, and to several other mountains; as is said in the K &c.]
  • طُوَرَةٌ Open entry
    : see طَوْرٌ, last signification: and also طُورٌ.
  • طِوَرَةٌ Open entry
    i. q. طِيَرَةٌ [q. v.]; (K;) a dial. var. of the latter word. (O.)
  • طَورِىٌّ Wild; that estranges himself, or itself, from mankind
    Wild; that estranges himself, or itself, from mankind; (S, A, O, K;) applied to a bird, (S, O,) and to a man; (S, A, O;) as also ↓ طُورَانِىٌّ. (O.) You say, حَمَامٌ طُورِىٌّ, and ↓ طُورَانِىٌّ, Wild pigeons: (S, TA:) so called in relation to الطُّورُ, a certain mountain; or the mountain is called طُرَّان, and [if so] it is an irreg. rel. n.: or that have come from a distant country. (TA.) [See also عُزْفٌ.] And أَعَارِيبُ طُورِيُّونَ Wild Arabs of the desert, that avoid the towns and villages, from fear of epidemic disease, and of perdition: as though they were thus called in relation to the mountain named الطُّور, in Syria. (TA.) And رَجُلٌ طُورِىٌّ A stranger. (O, TA.) ― -b2- مَا بِهَا طُورِىٌّ, (S, A, O, K,) and ↓ طُورَانِىٌّ, (Lth, O, K,) There is not in it (i. e. بِالدَّارِ in the house, A, TA) any one: (Lth, S, A, O, K:) as also دُورِىٌّ. (TA.)
  • طُورَانِىٌّ Open entry
    : see طُورِىٌّ, in three places.
  • طَوَارٌ Open entry
    and طِوَارٌ: see طَوْرٌ, latter part, in six places.
  • بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ فِى العِلْمِ أَطْوَرَيْهِ Such a one attained the two extremes of science, or learning
    Such a one attained the two extremes of science, or learning; (S, O;) the beginning and the end thereof; (S, O, K;) as also أَطْوَرِيهِ: (K:) or the latter, which is the form mentioned by AZ, (S, O,) and by IAar, (Sh, TA,) signifies the utmost point thereof; accord. to AZ, as related by A 'Obeyd: (S, O:) or he attained, in science, or learning, his utmost, and his ambition; accord. to IAar: (Sh, TA:) or بَلَغَ أَطْوَرَيْهِ he attained the utmost of his endeavour. (L.) ― -b2- بَلَغْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ أَطْوَرَيْهِ I did the utmost in the case of such a one. (ISk, TA.) ― -b3- رَكِبَ فُلَانٌ الدَّهْرَ وَأَطْوَرَيْهِ [Such a one encountered fortune and] its two extremes. (As, TA.) ― -b4- لَقِىَ مِنْهُ الأَطْوَرِينَ, with kesr to the ر, He experienced from him, or it, calamity. (As, O, K.)

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