تِبْرٌ
Root: تبر
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تِبْرٌ
[a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة: Native gold, in the form of dust or of nuggets: this is the sense in which the word is generally used in the present day:] broken gold: it is not so called unless in the dust of its mine, or broken: or gold, and silver, before it is wrought: or broken, or crumbled, particles of gold, and of silver, before they are wrought: when they are wrought, they are called ذَهَبٌ and فِضَّةٌ: or uncoined gold and silver: when coined, it is called عَيْنٌ: [properly,] the term تبر should not be employed save as applied to gold; but some apply it to silver also: the تبر of silver, as well as of gold, is mentioned in a trad.: or gold universally: and silver: or what is extracted from the mine, of gold and silver and all
جَوَاهِر [here meaning native ores] of the earth, before it is wrought and used: or any
جَوْهَر [or native ore] before it is used, of copper and brass or iron &c.: and any
جوهر [or native ore] that is used, of copper and brass: the word is sometimes applied to other minerals than gold and silver, as copper and iron and lead, but generally to gold; and some say that its primary application is to gold, and that the other applications are later, or tropical: also broken pieces of glass.
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