Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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دَفْتَرٌ

دَفْتَرٌ (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, &c.) and دِفْتَرٌ, (Lḥ, Fr, Mṣb, Ḳ,) like دِرْهَمٌ, (TA,) [A register;] a number of leaves put, or joined, together: (Ṣ, M, Ḳ:) or an account-book; syn. جَرِيدَةٌ حِسَابٍ: (Mṣb:) or a written book: and it may be met. applied to a blank book, like دَفْتَرٌ أَبْيَضُ: (Mgh:) [it is a Persian word, arabicized; though asserted to be] an Arabic word, but, as IDrd says, of unknown derivation; and by some of the Arabs, [namely, the Benoo-Asad, (Fr, TA in art. تفتر,)] pronounced تَفْتَرٌ: (Mṣb:) pl. دَفَاتِرُ: (Ṣ, Mgh:) of which the dim. is دُفَيْتِرَاتٌ. (Mgh.)


دُفَيْتِرَاتٌ

دُفَيْتِرَاتٌ: see above.


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