Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ترك تركمان ترما


التُّرْكُمَانُ

التُّرْكُمَانُ [The Turkumán;] a certain people, or race, of the Turks; [absurdly said to be] so called because two hundred thousand of them became believers in one month; wherefore they said لَا تَرَمَا [the Turks of belief]; which was afterwards contracted into تُرْكُمَانٌ: (Ḳ, TA:) [a coll. gen. n.: n. un., and rel. n., تُرْكُمَانِىٌّ:] pl. تَرَاكِمَةٌ. (TA.)


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