طَعَامٌ
Root: طعم
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طَعَامٌ
[as an Verbal.Noun: see 1.
2 As a subst.,] Food, of any kind; like as شَرَابٌ signifies beverage [of any kind]: and especially wheat, to which it is applied by the people of El-Hijáz; and barley; [and corn in general; thus applied to millet in the present day in some parts of Arabia, as, for instance, in El-Yemen; (see مِيرَةٌ;)] and dates, when said not to mean wheat; &c.: and in the Expos. of the “ Shifè, ” it is said to be applied to
2 As a subst.,] Food, of any kind; like as شَرَابٌ signifies beverage [of any kind]: and especially wheat, to which it is applied by the people of El-Hijáz; and barley; [and corn in general; thus applied to millet in the present day in some parts of Arabia, as, for instance, in El-Yemen; (see مِيرَةٌ;)] and dates, when said not to mean wheat; &c.: and in the Expos. of the “ Shifè, ” it is said to be applied to
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