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طسج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with units of measurement, particularly for weight and currency, and also refers to geographical divisions. It includes terms for specific quantities of grain, fractions of a dirham, and administrative districts.

Derived headwords

الطَّسُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    Unit of grainclassical

    A unit of measurement, specifically referring to two grains.

  2. 2.
    Fraction of a dirhamclassical

    A unit of currency, representing a fraction of a dirham, specifically eight grains.

  3. 3.
    Regionclassical

    A region or a part of a larger area.

طَسَاسِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    Districts of Sawadclassical

    Plural of 'tasuj', referring to administrative districts within the Sawad region, often used in a historical context.

Parallel reading

الطسوج، كسفود: الناحية، وربع دانق
Al-tasuj, like kasfud: the region, and a quarter of a daniq.
والطسوج: حبتان، والدانق أربعة طساسيج
And the tasuj: two grains, and the daniq is four tasuj.
إنما أراد بالطسوج والدانق نسبتها من الدرهم لا من الدينار
He only intended by al-tasuj and al-daniq their proportion from the dirham, not from the dinar.
لأن الدرهم ستة دوانيق وثمان وأربعون حبة
Because the dirham is six daniqs and forty-eight grains.
فيكون طسوج الدرهم كما قال حبتين
So the tasuj of the dirham is, as he said, two grains.
ودانقه ثمان حبات
And its daniq is eight grains.
الطسوج: مقدار من الوزن، (معرب)
Al-tasuj: an amount of weight, (a loanword).
والطسوج: واحد من طساسيج السواد معربة
And al-tasuj: one of the districts of Sawad, a loanword.