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تَجَرَ

Root: تجر

Form: 1

Full Definition

تَجَرَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun تَجْرٌ and تِجَارَةٌ, or the latter is a simple subst., or quasi-Verbal.Noun, and مَتْجَرٌ; and اِتَّجَرَ , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ; He practised traffic, merchandise, or commerce; trafficked; traded; dealt; sold and bought; employed property for the purpose of gain. You say, تَجَرَ تِجَارَةً رَابِحَةً [He practised a profitable, or lucrative, traffic]. And فُلَانٌ فِى البَرِّ وَ البَحْرِ [Such a one traffics on land and sea]. There can hardly, if at all, be found any other instance of ت immediately followed by ج except نتج and رتج: the ت in تُجَاهَ is originally و.
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