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تَأْرِيخٌ

Root: ارخ

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تَأْرِيخٌ Verbal.Noun of 2.
2 Also, [as a subst., generally pronounced without ء,] A date; an era; an epoch; and أُرْخَةٌ is a subst. [signifying the same,] from أَرَخَ. تَأْرِيخُ الهِجْرَةِ is The era, or epoch, of the Emigration [or Flight ] of Mohammad [from Mekkeh to El-Medeeneh], which his companions, in the time of 'Omar, agreed to make their era, commencing the year from the first appearance of the new moon of [the month] ElMoharram, [two months before the Flight itself,] and making the day to commence from sunset: it is also called تَأْرِيخَ المُسْلِمِينَ the era, or epoch, of the Muslims.
3 Also The utmost limit, term, or time, of anything: whence the saying, فُلَانٌ تَأْرِيخُ قُوْمِهِ Such a one is the person from whom date the nobility, or eminence, and dominion, or authority, of his people.
4 [Also, A chronicle; a book of annals; a history: pl. تَوَارِيخُ, from تَوْرِيخٌ.]
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