رفل

5 تَرَفَّلَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- ترفّل also signifies (tropical:) He was, or became, or was made, a lord, or chief. (Sh, T, TA.) Hence, in a trad. of Wáïl Ibn-Hojr, يَتَرَفَّلُ عَلَى الأَقْوَالِ حَيْثُ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ حَضْرَمَوْتَ (tropical:) [ He is, or will be, &c., a lord, or chief, over the subordinate kings, wherever they are, of the people of Hadramowt ]. (T, * TA.)