سَتُّوقٌ
Root: ستق
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سَتُّوقٌ
and سُتُّوقٌ, [said to be] the only instances of the kind except سبّوح and قدّوس and ذرّوح, all of which are with damm and with fet-h, [but see سُبُّوحٌ,] as also
تُسْتُوقٌ , this last mentioned by Lh on the authority of a desert-Arab of Kelb, applied to a dirhem, Such as is termed
زَيْفٌ and
نَبَهْرَجٌ or بَهْرَجٌ [i. e. bad, &c.]; worthless; coated with silver: accord. to ElKarkhee, such as consists for the most part of brass or of copper: and it is said in the “ Risáleh Yoosufeeyeh ” that the
it is unlawful to take, as being
فُلُوس [which means certain small coins of copper; whence it seems that ستّوقة has a pl. meaning, though otherwise it would seem to be a sing. subst.]: it is said to be arabicized, from سِهْ تُو, which is Pers., meaning “ three fold; ” as is [thought to be] indicated by its being said to be coated with silver.
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