تومان tomān P s. m. 1. A myriad, 10,000. 2. A sum of money equal to 10,000 Arabic silver drachmas (which are about one third less than those of the Greeks): also, a sum equal to fifteen dollars and a half. 3. Districts, into which a kingdom is divided, each being sup- posed to furnish 10,000 fighting men. See تمن (When the city of Samarkand, for example, is put down for seven tomāns, it implies that she must hold 70,000 men ready for the field on the requisition of her sovereign. Richards).

تترانا tutrānā H v. n. See تتلانا tutlānā.

تافته tāfta P s.m. 1. A kind of silk, taffeta. 2. A colour in pigeons and horses, glossy cream colour.

تنبيه tambīh A (inf. ii. of نبه) s. f. Admonition, correction, beating, punishment. تنبيه کرنا يا دينا tambīh karnā or denā, to chastise, punish, cor- rect.

تانيث tānīs̤ A (inf. ii. of انث) s. f. Feminine gender. P. or S̱. تاو tāʼo or taw (corrupt. from تاب or ताप) s. m. 1. Heat. 2. Passion, rage. 3. Strength, power. 4. Splendour, dignity. 5. Twist, coil, contortion. تاودينا tāʼo denā, 1. To twist. 2. To stroke the whiskers. 3. To heat (as, iron). تاوکهانا tāʼo khānā, 1. To be heated. 2. To be angry.

تابستاني tābistān-ī P adj. Of summer, like sum- mer, pleasant as the summer.

ترکش tarkash P s. m. A quiver. ترکش بند tar- kash-band, Wearing a quiver.

تزايد tazāyud A (inf. vi. of زيادت) s. m. In- crease.

تعريف taﻌrīf A (inf. ii. of عرف) s. f. 1. Ex- planation, description. 2. Praise, praising. 3. Assertion. تعريف المحجـﮩول بالمحجـﮩول taﻌrīfu-l-majʼhūl bi-l-majʼhūl, Explaining in terms as little understood as the thing intended to be ex- plained.

تخلص taḵẖalluṣ A (inf. v. of خلص) s. m. The titular name assumed by poets; as, Saudā was the taḵẖallūṣ of Mirzā Muhammad Rafīﻌ.