طرفاء

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طَرْفَاء
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Etymology 1

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From the root ط ر ف (ṭ-r-f) related to tips, extremes, limbs, أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf), because of its dainty, lengthy extremities, jutting out from the terrains’ ledges.

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طَرْفَاء (ṭarfāʔf (collective, singulative طَرْفَاءَة f (ṭarfāʔa))

  1. tamarisk (Tamarix spp.)
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 7, Art. 22, page 287:
      وأما غراسة الأرز وهو الذي يسمى السرول
      قال هو نوعان أحدهما يشبه الطرفاء والآخر يشبه العرعر
      About the planting of the cedar which is called cypress
      there are two kinds, one resembles the tamarisk and the other resembles the juniper.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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طُرَفَاء (ṭurafāʔm pl

  1. plural of طَرِيف (ṭarīf)

Adjective

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طُرَفَاء (ṭurafāʔm pl

  1. masculine plural of طَرِيف (ṭarīf)