طَفٌّ

Root: طف

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طَفٌّ The side of a thing: [like دَفٌّ:] and the bank, or shore, of a great river or a sea; as also طَفْطَافٌ : accord. to Lth, of the Euphrates: or, as some say, the elevated part of the side of the Euphrates. And الطَّفُّ is applied to The part of the land of the Arabs that overlooks the cultivated region of El-'Irák: said by As to be so called because it is near to the cultivated region: or it is a place in the district of El-Koofeh.
2 And The exterior court or yard of a house.
3 See also طَفَاف, in two places.

def.2 And see طَفَّافٌ.

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