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دفتر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a collection of written pages, bound together, serving as a book or ledger. It also extends to the idea of a record or a register.

Derived headwords

الدِّفْتَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Book, notebookboth

    A collection of sheets of paper bound together, used for writing or recording information.

  2. 2.
    Ledger, registerboth

    A book used for keeping accounts or official records.

  3. 3.
    Scroll of accountsclassical

    A sheet of paper used for calculations or accounting.

دفاترnoun
  1. 1.
    Books, notebooksboth

    The plural of 'دفتر', referring to multiple books or notebooks.

الكواريسnoun
  1. 1.
    Notebooks, quiresclassical

    A term for notebooks or collections of paper, often used synonymously with 'دفاتر'.

Parallel reading

وهو عربي، كما في المحباح: (جماعة الصحف المضمومة)
And it is Arabic, as in Al-Mihbah: (a collection of bound sheets).
قال ابن دريد: ولا يعرف له اشتقاق، وبعض العرب يقول: تفتر، بالتاء، على البدل.
Ibn Duraid said: Its derivation is not known, and some Arabs say: 'taftar', with a 'ta', as a substitution.
وقيل: الدفتر: جريدة الحساب.
And it was said: 'ad-daftar' is a scroll of accounts.
وفي شفاء الغيل: الدفتر عربي صحيح وإن لم يعرف اشتقاقه، وجعله الجوهري أحد الدفاتر، وهي الكواريس (ج دفاتر).
And in Shifa' al-Ghayl: 'ad-daftar' is correct Arabic even if its derivation is unknown, and Al-Jawhari made it one of the 'dafātir', which are 'al-kawāris' (pl. of 'daftar').