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التون

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a type of cloth used in games, geographical locations in Persia and Egypt, and a specific hunting technique involving erratic movement. It also references a term found in another root entry.

Derived headwords

التونnoun
  1. 1.
    Cloth for gameclassical

    A piece of cloth upon which a game is played, specifically with a game called 'kajah'.

  2. 2.
    Place nameclassical

    A town in Khorasan, near Qain.

  3. 3.
    Place nameclassical

    An island near Damietta, which has since been submerged.

التتاونnoun
  1. 1.
    Erratic movementclassical

    The act of moving back and forth or in a zigzag manner, often used to describe hunting behavior.

يتتاونverb
  1. 1.
    To move erraticallyclassical

    He moves erratically for hunting, meaning he comes at it once from his right and once from his left.

أت نother
  1. 1.
    Reference to another rootclassical

    Indicates that the term 'أتون الحمام' (furnace of the bathhouse) is to be found under the root 'أت ن'.

Parallel reading

التون، بالضم: خرقة يلعب عليها بالكجة
Al-tun, with damma: a cloth upon which one plays with al-kajah.
ود بخراسان قرب قاين
And a town in Khorasan near Qain.
بهاء: جزيرة قرب دمياط، وقد غرقت
Baha: an island near Damietta, which has indeed sunk.
والتتاون: التتاؤن
And al-tatawwun: al-tata'un.
وهو يتتاون للصيد: إذا جاءه مرة عن يمينه ومرة عن شماله
And he moves erratically for hunting: if it comes to him once from his right and once from his left.
وأتون الحمام: في أت ن
And the furnace of the bathhouse: is in 'at n'.