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طَسُّوجٌ

Root: طسوج

Full Definition

طَسُّوجٌ A certain weight; two grains, i. e. grains of barley; (حَبَّتَنِ;) the quarter of a دَانِق; i. e. the twenty-fourth part of a دِرْهَم; the دانق being the sixth of a درهم: pl. طَسَاسِيجُ: an arabicized word [from the Pers. تَسُو].
2 Also i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [as meaning A district, or province, or the like]; such as a قَرْيَة [here app. meaning township], and the like: for instance, Ardabeel is of the طَسَاسِيج of Hulwán: one of the طَسَاسِيج of the Sawád: the طساسيج of the people of El-Ahwáz are like the مَخَالِيف of the people of El-Yemen and the أَجْنَاد of the people of Syria and the كُوَر of the people of El-'Irák and the رَسَاتِيق of the people of ElJibál: (IB voce مِخْلَافٌ:) in this sense likewise an arabicized word.
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