طُرْآنِىٌّ
Root: طرأ
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طُرْآنِىٌّ
, an epithet applied to a pigeon, and to an event, Of which one knows not whence it has come: an irregular rel. n. from طَرَأَ عَلْيَنَا فُلَانٌ “ Such a one came forth upon us without our knowing him: ” [or] طُرْآن is the name of a certain mountain in which are many pigeons; and hence the epithet above mentioned as applied to a pigeon: Aboo-'Obeyd El-Bekree writes this name, in the Moajam, with damm to the first letter and teshdeed to the second: the vulgar say حَمَام
طُورَانِىّ, which is a mistake.
2 See also طُرْآنٌ.
2 See also طُرْآنٌ.
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