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تَاجٌ

Root: توج

Full Definition

تَاجٌ A crown; i. e. a thing that is made for kings, of gold and jewels; peculiar to the عَجَم [or Persians and other foreigners]: [a Persian word:] pl. [of mult.] تِيجَانٌ and [of pauc.] أَتْوَاجٌ.
2 A turban; as being likened to a crown. It is said in a trad., العَمَائِمُ تِيجَانُ العَرَبِ [Turbans are the crowns of the Arabs]; i. e. turbans are to the Arabs as crowns to the kings; for the Arabs in the deserts are [or were] mostly bare-headed or wearing قَلَانِس [pl. of قَلَنْسُوَةٌ, q. v.]; turbans among them being few.
3 Also Silver. [See what next follows.]


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