طرخ

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طرخ in the K, it is said that طرخان signifies “ a headman, or chief, of high, or noble, rank, ” in the language of Khurásán; and in art. قمس, that قومس signifies “ a commander, ” or the like, syn. أَمِيرٌ; and. قَمَامِسَةٌ, i. q. بَطَارِقَةٌ, which is pl. of بطريق, as also بَطَارِيقُ, for which بَطَارِقُ is used in a verse of Aboo-Dhueyb: it is an arabicized word; [app. from the Latin “ patricius; ”] or, as some say, of the language of the روم and of Syria: or Arabic, agreeing with the foreign word, and of the dial. of the people of El-Hijáz: accord. to El-Jawáleekee and others, in the language of the روم it is بترك: some say that it signifies skilled in war and its affairs, in the language of the روم; and he who is so has rank, or office, and is sometimes made foremost, among them: and a proud and self-conceited man; so says Ibn-'Abbád: and fat; applied to a bird &c.: pl. بَطَارِقَةٌ.
2 [See also بَطْرَكٌ, and جَاثَلِيقٌ.]

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