تون

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of cloth used in games, geographical locations in Persia and Egypt, and a specific type of hunting trickery. It also appears in the context of historical figures and a submerged island.

Derived headwords

التُّونnoun

1.
cloth for gamesclassical
A piece of cloth upon which one plays the game of 'kaja'.

التُّونِيّname

1.
nisba to Tunboth
A nisba (adjectival title) indicating origin from a place named Tun, particularly a town in Khorasan near Qain.

تُونَةname

1.
islandclassical
An island in Lake Tinis near Damietta, which was formerly a place for 'taran' (likely a type of fabric or garment) and the covering of the Kaaba. It has since sunk and become an island.

التَّتَاوُنnoun

1.
hunting trickeryclassical
A type of deception or trickery used in hunting, where the prey moves from one side to another.

يتتاونverb

1.
to move evasivelyclassical
The verb form describing the action of 'tatawon', where an animal moves evasively in hunting, coming from the right and then the left.

أتون الحمامnoun

1.
dovecote furnaceclassical
A furnace for a dovecote, mentioned in relation to the root 'atn'.

Parallel reading

وهي (خرقة يلعب عليها بالكجة.

And it is a cloth upon which one plays with the kaja.

وهي (د بخراسان قرب قاين) فوق قهستان،

And it is a place in Khorasan near Qain, above Qahistan,

منه أبو طاهر (إسماعيل بن أبي سعد) التوني الصوفي عن نصر الله الخشنامي، وعنه عمر بن أحمد العليمي.

From him is Abu Tahir Ismail bin Abi Saad al-Tuni the Sufi, from Nasrullah al-Khashnami, and from him is Umar bin Ahmad al-Alimi.

وأحمد بن محمد بن أحمد) التوني السجزي الأديب عن علي بن بشري الليثي، وعنه حنبل بن علي السجزي.

And Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Tuni al-Sijzi the man of letters, from Ali bin Bishri al-Laithi, and from him is Hanbal bin Ali al-Sijzi.

وفاته: أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد التوني القايني سكن هراة، وتوفي بها، كان فقيها مدرسا، مات سنة 459.

And among those who passed away was Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Muhammad al-Tuni al-Qaini, who resided in Herat and died there. He was a jurisprudent and teacher, who died in the year 459.

بهاء: جزيرة) ببحيرة تنيس (قرب دمياط) كان بها طران وكسوة الكعبة (وقد غرقت) فصارت جزيرة،

Baha: an island in Lake Tinis (near Damietta) where there were 'taran' and the covering of the Kaaba. It has sunk and become an island,

ولما كان شهر ربيع الأول سنة 837 كشف عن حجارة وآجر بها، فإذا غضارات زجاج كثيرة مكتوبة عليها أسماء الملوك الفاطميين كالحاكم والمعز والعزيز والمستنصر وهو أكثرها؛

And when it was the month of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year 837, stones and bricks were uncovered there, and there were many glass vessels inscribed with the names of the Fatimid kings like al-Hakim, al-Mu'izz, al-Aziz, and al-Mustansir, whose name was most frequent;

منها عمر بن أحمد) التوني شيخ لابن منده الحافظ ووقع في كتاب الذهبي عن ابن منده وهو غلط نبه عليه الحافظ؛

Among them is Umar bin Ahmad al-Tuni, a teacher of Ibn Mandah al-Hafiz, and it appeared in al-Dhahabi's book from Ibn Mandah, which is an error that al-Hafiz pointed out;

وعمرو بن علي) ، هكذا في النسخ والصواب عمر بن علي التوني، عن أحمد بن عيسى التنيسي، وعنه ابن منده؛

And Amr bin Ali, this is how it is in the manuscripts, and the correct reading is Umar bin Ali al-Tuni, from Ahmad bin Isa al-Tinnisi, and from him Ibn Mandah;

وسالم بن عبد الله) التوني عن لهيعة هكذا هو نص الذهبي. قال الحافظ: الصواب فيه النوبي بالنون والموحدة نسبة إلى بلاد النوبة، ضبطه ابن ماكولا، ولكن الذهبي تبع الفرضي.

And Salim bin Abdullah al-Tuni from Laythah, this is the text of al-Dhahabi. Al-Hafiz said: The correct reading is al-Nuubi, with a noon and a baa, referring to the lands of Nubia, as recorded by Ibn Makula, but al-Dhahabi followed al-Faradi.

الحافظ شرف الدين (عبد المؤمن بن خلف) الدمياطي ولد {بتونة، شيوخه كثيرون، وترجمته واسعة، أخذ عن الزكي المنذري والصاغاني صاحب العباب، وابن العديم مؤرخ حلب، وياقوت صاحب المعجم وغيرهم، وعنه محمد بن علي الحراوي وغيرهم، ومعجم شيوخه في مجلدين عندي.

Al-Hafiz Sharaf al-Din Abd al-Mu'min bin Khalaf al-Dimyati was born in Tunah. His teachers were many, and his biography is extensive. He took from al-Zaki al-Mundhiri, al-Saghani the author of al-'Ubab, Ibn al-'Adim the historian of Aleppo, Yaqut the author of the Mu'jam, and others. And from him was Muhammad bin Ali al-Harawi and others. And his dictionary of teachers is in two volumes with me.

والتتاون) :) هو ( {التتاؤن، وهو} يتتاون للصيد إذا جاءه مرة عن يمينه ومرة) أخرى (عن شماله) ، وهو نوع من الخديعة والاحتيال.

And al-tatawon: it is al-tata'un, which is the verb 'yattatawn' for hunting when it comes to him once from his right and another time from his left, and it is a type of deception and trickery.

وأتون الحمام) ، كتنور ذكره (في (أت ن)) .

And atun al-hammam, like 'tannur', which he mentioned under (atn).