طَبْلٌ
Root: طبل
Full Definition
طَبْلٌ
[A drum;] a certain thing with which one beats, [or rather upon which one beats,] well known, having a single face, and having two faces: pl. [of mult.] طُبُولٌ and [of pauc.] أَطْبَالٌ. [Hence] one says, هُوَ طَبْلٌ ذُو وَجْهَيْنِ [lit. He is a double-faced drum]; meaning
2 Also A رَبْعَة [or small round basket, covered with leather,] for perfumes. And A سَلَّة [or round basket] for food, [app. shallow, resembling a round tray, for it is said to be] like the خِوَان; also called طَبْلِيَّةٌ , of which the pl. is طَبَالٍ. (TA. [See also سَدٌّ, last sentence.]) [And A kind of tray, of wood, used for counting money, &c.; also called طَبْلَةٌ : this is app. what is meant by the saying in the S, طَبْلُ الدَّرَاهِمِ وَغَيْرِهَا مَعْرُوفٌ; and by the saying in the O, طَبْلَةُ الدَّارَهِمِ مَعْرُوفٌ.]
3 And A certain sort of garments, or cloths, upon which is the form of the طَبْل [or drum], or figured with the like of طُبُول [or drums], of the fabric of El-Yemen, or of Egypt, or brought from Egypt, and called also and أَرْدِيَةُ الطَّبْلِ: which last appellation is expl. in the A as meaning [garments of the kind called] بُرُود, worn by the lords, or principal personages, of Egypt.
4 And The [tax called] خَرَاج: [or an instalment thereof; for] one says, أَدَّى أَهْلُ مِصْرَ طَبْلًا مِنَ الخَرَاجِ and طَبْلَيْنِ and طُبُولًا The people of Egypt payed an instalment of the خراج [and two instalments and several instalments]; so called after the طَبْل [or drum] of the بُنْدَار [app. meaning the farmer-general of the tax, who, it seems from this, announced his coming by the beating of a drum]: [and probably syn. with خَرَاجٌ as meaning revenue in a general sense; for it is added,] hence [the saying] هُوَ يُحِبُّ (O, K [in the CK تَحْتَ is erroneously put for يُحِبُّ]) i. e. He loves the خَرَاج, or the money of the خَرَاج, without fatigue.
def.2 الطَّبْلُ signifies also الخَلْقُ and النَّاسُ [i. e. The created beings in general and mankind in particular]: one says, مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ الطَّبْلِ هُوَ i. e. [I know not] what one of mankind he is: and so أَىُّ الطَّبْنِ هُوَ.
2 Also A رَبْعَة [or small round basket, covered with leather,] for perfumes. And A سَلَّة [or round basket] for food, [app. shallow, resembling a round tray, for it is said to be] like the خِوَان; also called طَبْلِيَّةٌ , of which the pl. is طَبَالٍ. (TA. [See also سَدٌّ, last sentence.]) [And A kind of tray, of wood, used for counting money, &c.; also called طَبْلَةٌ : this is app. what is meant by the saying in the S, طَبْلُ الدَّرَاهِمِ وَغَيْرِهَا مَعْرُوفٌ; and by the saying in the O, طَبْلَةُ الدَّارَهِمِ مَعْرُوفٌ.]
3 And A certain sort of garments, or cloths, upon which is the form of the طَبْل [or drum], or figured with the like of طُبُول [or drums], of the fabric of El-Yemen, or of Egypt, or brought from Egypt, and called also and أَرْدِيَةُ الطَّبْلِ: which last appellation is expl. in the A as meaning [garments of the kind called] بُرُود, worn by the lords, or principal personages, of Egypt.
4 And The [tax called] خَرَاج: [or an instalment thereof; for] one says, أَدَّى أَهْلُ مِصْرَ طَبْلًا مِنَ الخَرَاجِ and طَبْلَيْنِ and طُبُولًا The people of Egypt payed an instalment of the خراج [and two instalments and several instalments]; so called after the طَبْل [or drum] of the بُنْدَار [app. meaning the farmer-general of the tax, who, it seems from this, announced his coming by the beating of a drum]: [and probably syn. with خَرَاجٌ as meaning revenue in a general sense; for it is added,] hence [the saying] هُوَ يُحِبُّ (O, K [in the CK تَحْتَ is erroneously put for يُحِبُّ]) i. e. He loves the خَرَاج, or the money of the خَرَاج, without fatigue.
def.2 الطَّبْلُ signifies also الخَلْقُ and النَّاسُ [i. e. The created beings in general and mankind in particular]: one says, مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ الطَّبْلِ هُوَ i. e. [I know not] what one of mankind he is: and so أَىُّ الطَّبْنِ هُوَ.
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