طَيَّارٌ
Root: طير
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طَيَّارٌ
2 See also مُسْتَطِيرٌ.
def.2 Also A company of men.
def.3 As applied to A balance, it is not of the language of the Arabs: [i. e., it is post-classical:] it means an assay-balance (مِيزَانٌ and مَعْيَارٌ) for gold; so called because of the form of a bird, or because of its lightness: or the balance for dirhems [or moneys] that is known among them [who use it] by the appellation of the قارسطون [meaning theχαριστίων of Archimedes, i. e. the hydrostatic balance]: or, accord. to El-Fenjedeehee, the tongue (لِسَات) of the balance.
2 See also مُسْتَطِيرٌ.
def.2 Also A company of men.
def.3 As applied to A balance, it is not of the language of the Arabs: [i. e., it is post-classical:] it means an assay-balance (مِيزَانٌ and مَعْيَارٌ) for gold; so called because of the form of a bird, or because of its lightness: or the balance for dirhems [or moneys] that is known among them [who use it] by the appellation of the قارسطون [meaning the
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