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طحن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

طِحْنٌ ذ Flour; (S, MA, K;) as also ↓ طَحِينٌ: (MA:) or ground wheat and the like; [or meal; ] and sometimes the inf. n., ↓ طَحْنٌ, is used in this sense. (Msb.) Hence the prov., أَسْمَعُ جَعْجَعَةً وَلَا أَرَى طِحْنًا [ I hear a sound of the mill, or mill-stone, but I see not flour ]. (K.)

Derived headwords

طِحْنٌ
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جَعْجَعَةً وَلَا أَرَى طِحْنًا