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طَرْطَرَ

Root: طر

Form: R. Q. 1

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طَرْطَرَ
R. Q. 1 [Verbal.Noun طَرْطَرَةٌ,] said of a man, He gloried, or boasted, vainly, and praised himself for that which was not in him; syn. طَرْمَذَ. IDrd says, طَرْطَرَةٌ is an Arabic word, [i. e. it is genuine Arabic,] though in common use with the post-classical writers: one says, رَجُلٌ فِيهِ طَرْطَرَةٌ, meaning A man in whom is vainglorying &c. (طَرْمَذَةٌ) and loquacity.
2 And طَرْطَرَ بِضَأْنِهِ He called his ewes to be milked, saying to them طَرْ طَرْ.
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