طُفْيَةٌ
Root: طفو
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طُفْيَةٌ
The leaf of the
مُقْل [or Theban palm]; and so
طُفْوَةٌ : pl.
طُفْىٌ or [rather this is a coll. gen. n., and the pl. properly so termed is] طُفًى, which is [also] pl. of طُفْوَةٌ. [Accord. to Forskål , the Theban palm itself, which he terms “ borassus flabelliformis, ” is called طفى, as well as دوم.]
2 And [hence] الطُّفْيَةُ, or ذُو الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ, is the name of
2 And [hence] الطُّفْيَةُ, or ذُو الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ, is the name of
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