طِنْفِسَةٌ
Root: طنفس
Full Definition
طِنْفِسَةٌ
and طَنْفَسَةٌ, the former of which is the more approved, and طُنْفَسَةٌ and طِنْفَسَةٌ, [which is a form often occurring,] and طَنْفِسَةٌ, [variously written in different copies of the S, and in that lexicon, and in the Msb, mentioned in art. طفس, indicating that the ن is augmentative in the opinion of the authors of those two works,] A carpet: and a piece of cloth (ثَوْبٌ): or a kind of carpet called in Persian
طَبْسَهْ [and
تَنْبَسَهْ]: or a carpet having a fine nap, or pile: or, as some say, what is put beneath the
رَحْل [or camel's saddle], upon the shoulders of the camel: or the نُمْرُقَة [q. v.] above the
رَحْل: pl. طَنَافِسُ.
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