دَفْتَرٌ
Root: دفتر
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دَفْتَرٌ
and دِفْتَرٌ, like دِرْهَمٌ, [A register;] a number of leaves put, or joined, together: or an account-book; syn. جَرِيدَةٌ حِسَابٍ: or a written book: and it may be met. applied to a blank book, like دَفْتَرٌ أَبْيَضُ: [it is a Persian word, arabicized; though asserted to be] an Arabic word, but, as IDrd says, of unknown derivation; and by some of the Arabs, [namely, the Benoo-Asad, (Fr, TA in art. تفتر,)] pronounced
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