Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

طَمَّاحٌ

Root: طمح

Full Definition

طَمَّاحٌ A long-sighted man. And طَمَّاحَةٌ A woman who looks much to the right and left at strange men, or at a man who is not her husband.
2 Also Vehemently desirous, or greedy; or very vehemently desirous, or very greedy: applied to a man.


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