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طَارِقَةٌ

Root: طرق

Full Definition

طَارِقَةٌ [a subst. from طَارِقٌ, made so by the affix ة, An event occurring, or coming to pass, in the night: pl. طَوَارِقُ]. One says, نَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنْ طَوَارِقِ السَّوْءِ [We seek protection by God from] the nocturnal events or accidents or casualties [that are occasions of that which is evil]. And طَارِقَةٌ occurring in a trad. of 'Alee is expl. as signifying طَرَقَتْ بِخَيْرٍ [app. meaning An event that has occurred in the night bringing good, or good fortune].

def.2 Also A man's [small sub-tribe such as is called] عَشِيرَة, and [such as is called] فَخِذ.

def.3 And A small couch, of a size sufficient for one person: of the dial. of El-Yemen.

def.4 [El-Makreezee mentions the custom of attaching طَوَارِق حَرْبِيَّة upon the gates of Cairo and upon the entrances of the houses of the أُمَرَآء; and De Sacy approves of the opinion of A. Schultens and of M. Reinaud that the meaning is Cuirasses, from the Greek θώραξ: but I think that the meaning is more probably large maces; for such maces, each with a head like a cannon-ball, may still be seen, if they have not been removed within the last few years, upon several of the gates of Cairo; and if so, طَوَارِق in this case is app. from طَرَقَ “ he beat: ” see also عَمُودٌ.]


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