Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَلْتَلَةٌ

Root: تل

Full Definition

تَلْتَلَةٌ Verbal.Noun of R. Q. 1 [q. v.].
2 Also Hardship, difficulty, distress, or adversity: pl. تَلَاتِلُ, signifying hardships, difficulties, &c.

def.2 A drinking-vessel that is made of the envelope (قِيقَآءَة, S, or قِيقَآء, M and K) of the spadix of a palm-tree; so called because what it contains is poured into the throat; as also تَلَّةٌ : it is said that نَبِيذ is drunk with it.


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