عزف

مَعَازِفُ ذ Musical instruments; (S, O, K;) pulsatile instruments of music; (Mgh, Msb; *) accord. to some of the lexicologists, (O,) such as the lute and [ mandoline called ] طُنْبُور (O, K, TA) and the like of these (O) and the tambourine &c.: (TA:) sing. ↓ عَزْفٌ, (Lth, Az, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) as is transmitted from the Arabs; (Lth, Az, Mgh, O, Msb;) the pl. being irreg., (Msb, TA,) like مَلَامِحُ and مَشَابِهُ, pls. of لَمْحَةٌ and شَبَهٌ; (TA;) or the sing. is ↓ مِعْزَفٌ and ↓ مِعْزَفَةٌ, (K,) which are applied to a sort of musical instrument having many strings; (Lth, O;) or the former of these signifies a sort of طُنْبُور made by the people of El-Yemen, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) now called قبوس; (TA;) or the lute. (Msb, TA.)