تحريف taḥrīf A (inf. ii. of حرف) s. f. 1. Trans- position of words or letters; an anagram. 2. Sharpening and cutting the point of a pen obliquely.

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.

توفير taufīr A (inf. ii. of وفر or وفور) s. f. In- creasing, perfecting.

تنومند tanomand P (comp. of تن Body, and the particle مند) adj. Robust, corpulent.

تتني titnī S̱. f. (तावत्) adj. So many, so much. تتني مين titne meṅ, In so much (time).

تجنيس tajnīs P (inf. ii. of جنس Ch. Kind) s. f. 1. Making of the same kind; resem- blance, analogy. 2. Equivocation. 3. Pun- ning to the eye instead of the ear, alliteration. تجنيس خطي tajnīs-i-khat̤t̤ī, Writing words alike which are pronounced differently, a sort of equi- voque in writing; as pul, pal and pil in this couplet of Saudā: يـﮩـ نـﮩودريا که جس سي گذريي پل باندهکر موج چشم عاشقان دي توڙپل مين پل کي پل yih na ho daryā ki jis se guẕriye pul bāndhkar; mauj-i-chashm-i-āﻌshiḳāṅ de toṛ pal meṅ pil ke pul, This is not a river that you can cross by means of a bridge; the waves that arise from the eyes of lovers would demolish a bridge in a moment by their shock.

تهوٴي thawaʼī स्थपति S̱. s. m. A mason, a bricklayer, an architect.

تيتاليس tetālīs H adj. Forty three.

تهالا thālā S̱. s. m. (स्थल) 1. The place at the root of a tree for holding water. 2. The ex-

تفرح tafarruḥ A (inf. v. of فرح) s. m. Leisure, ease, refreshment.