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طُرْفَةٌ

Root: طرف

Full Definition

طُرْفَةٌ A hurt of the eye, occasioning its shedding tears.

def.2 And Newly-acquired property; anything that one has newly acquired, and that pleases him; as also أُطْرُوفَةٌ ; a thing newly acquired; and a thing that is strange and deemed good; [a pleasing rarity;] a welcome, or pleasing, thing; and a gift not given to any one before; and a gift of which the recipient did not possess the like, and which pleases him; [generally, a novel, or rare, and pleasing, present; like تُرْفَةٌ and تُحْفَةٌ:] pl. طُرَفٌ. [See also طَرِيفٌ and طَرِيفَةٌ.]
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