طالب t̤ālib A part. act. (of طلب) 1. Asking, de- manding, interrogating. 2. s. m. An inquirer, a seeker, a lover, asker, candidate, exacter. طالب دنيا t̤ālib-i-dunyā, Worldly-minded. طالب علم t̤ālib-i-iﻌlm, Searching after knowledge, a student. طالب علمي t̤ālib-i-iﻌlm-ī, or طالب العلمي t̤ālibu-l-iﻌlm-ī, s. f. Search of knowledge, study. (Plur. Pers. طالبان Arab. طلبا).

طراوت t̤arāwat A s. f. Freshness, verdure; mois- ture, humidity, dampness.

طينت t̤īnat A (Ch. ) s. f. 1. A piece of clay. 2. Nature, temperament, disposition, genius.

طباشير t̤abāshīr A s. f. The sugar of the bamboo. See بنس لوچن bans-lochan.

طنز t̤anz A s. f. 1. Mirth, joking, pleasantry. 2. Ridiculing, sneer, taunt.

طلوع t̤ulūﻌ A s. m. Rising (as, of the sun, &c.). طلوع هونا t̤ulūﻌ honā, To rise (the sun).

طريقت t̤arīḳat A s. f. 1. Way, path. 2. Man- ner, mode. 3. Reli- gion, sect. 4. The better sort of people.

طوفان t̤ūfān A (from طوف To go round, to encircle; or, rather, Ch. and Syr. from Ch. and To drop, to flow, to overflow) s. m. 1. An inundation or deluge. 2. The universal deluge. 3. A hurricane, a storm of wind and rain (analog. to Gr. *tufwn). طوفان طرازي t̤ūfān-t̤arāz-ī, s. f. Deluge-making. 4. (met.) Calumny, defama- tion. طوفان لگانا t̤ūfān lagānā, or طوفان لينا

طماع t̤ammāﻌ A adj. (superl. of طمع) Covetous, avaricious, wishful, greedy.

طايفه t̤āʼịfa A (orig. Nocturnal rounds or watch- men, from طوف To go round) s. m. People, tribe, a troop, a band (particularly, of musi- cians and dancing women); suit, equipage.