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طرطور

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Arabic

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دَرْوِيش مَعَ طُرْطُوط

Etymology

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From the root ط ر ط ر (ṭ-r-ṭ-r) which means in the verb form I “to be elevated”, further “to be glorified”. Presumably a dialectal augment of ط ر ط (ṭ-r-ṭ), of which verb form I طَرِطَ (ṭariṭa, to be a fool; to have tiny hairs), adjective طَرِط (ṭariṭ, foolish; having tiny hairs), related due to the hats being made of felt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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طَرْطُور or طُرْطُور (ṭarṭūr or ṭurṭūrm (plural طَرَاطِير (ṭarāṭīr))

  1. bonnet
  2. a kind of hat worn by dervishes
  3. fool's cap
  4. (informal) wimp, wuss, weak sister, someone who is not able to assert himself
  5. (informal) passing water, an act of urination

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 262–278
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 53
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “طرطور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 49
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “طرطور”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 71
  • Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[4] (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 25
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “طرطور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 771