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تون

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to deception, trickery, and cunning maneuvers, particularly in hunting or in general dealings. It also has a specific, less common meaning related to a game piece.

Derived headwords

تتاونverb
  1. 1.
    to be cunningclassical

    To employ trickery and deception, to be deceitful.

  2. 2.
    to maneuver evasivelyclassical

    To move around evasively, as a hunter does when approaching prey, appearing from different directions.

التتاونnoun
  1. 1.
    cunningclassical

    The act or quality of being cunning, deceitful, or employing trickery.

  2. 2.
    evasive maneuveringclassical

    The act of moving evasively or deceptively, as in hunting.

التونnoun
  1. 1.
    game piececlassical

    A piece of fired clay (shard) used in a game called 'kajah'.

Parallel reading

أبو عمرو التتاون احتيال وخديعة.
Abu Amr: Al-tatawun means trickery and deception.
والرجل يتتاون الصيد إذا جاءه مرة عن يمينه ومرة عن شماله؛
And a man maneuvers evasively when hunting if it comes to him once from his right and once from his left;
تتاون لي في الأمر من كل جانب،
He maneuvers evasively towards me in the matter from every side,
ليصرفني عما أريد كنود .
to turn me away from what I want, a thankless person.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: التون «3». الخزفة التي يلعب عليها بالكجة؛
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-tun is the shard upon which one plays with the kajah;
قال الأزهري: ولم أر هذا الحرف لغيره، قال: وأنا واقف فيه إنه بالنون أو بالزاي.
Al-Azhari said: And I have not seen this word attributed to anyone else. He said: And I am uncertain about it, whether it is with a noon or a zay.