طمر

طُومَارٌ ذ (S, A, K) and ↓ طَامُورٌ (K) A piece of paper, or skin, on which something is written; syn. صَحِيفَةٌ: (A, K:) [generally, a roll, or scroll; ] a paper folded or rolled up (MA, and Har p. 254, each in explanation of the former word,) and written upon: (Har ibid.:) [a مِسَرَّة (an instrument in which one speaks secretly) is described in the S and K as being like a طُومَار: and this word is particularly applied, but perhaps as a post-classical term, to a roll of papyrus, or to paper made of papyrus; being syn. with قِرْطَاسٌ used in this sense: (see De Sacy's “ Rel. de l'Égypte par Abd-Allatif, ” p. 109, where ElKindee is cited to this effect:) see also سِجِلٌّ:] طُومَارٌ is said to be a foreign word introduced into the Arabic language; but ISd thinks it to be genuine Arabic, because Sb reckons it among the words that are Arabic in form, and asserts it to be quasi-coordinate to فُسْطَاطٌ: (TA:) the pl. is طَوَامِيرُ. (S, A, K, &c.) [قَلَمُ طُومَارٍ is a modern term for A sort of large handwriting. ]