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مِطْرَفٌ

Root: طرف

Full Definition

مِطْرَفٌ and مُطْرَفٌ , the latter, only, mentioned in the K, and this is the original form, because it is from أَطْرِفَ, but the dammeh was deemed difficult of pronunciation, and therefore kesreh was substituted for it, like as is the case in مِصْحَفٌ [q. v.], and IAth mentions also مَطْرَفٌ , A garment, or [such as is termed] رِدَآء, of [the kind of cloth called] خَزّ, square, or four-sided, having ornamental or coloured or figured, borders (أَعْلَام): or a garment having, in its two ends, or sides, (فِى طَرَفَيْهِ,) two such borders (عَلَمَانِ): or a square, or four-sided, garment of خَزّ: pl. مَطَارِفُ.
2 مَطَارِفُ is also applied to Clouds [as being likened to the garments thus called]. (TA in art. دكن.)
3 See also طَرِيفٌ.
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