طَرْقَةٌ ذ A time; one time; syn. مَرَّةٌ; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ طَرْقٌ , (O, K,) and ↓ طُرْقَةٌ and ↓ طُرْقٌ . (K.) You say, اِخْتَضَبَتِ المَرْأَةُ طَرْقَةً, (S, O,) or طَرْقَتَيْنِ, (S,) or ↓ طَرْقًا , (K,) or ↓ طَرْقَيْنِ , (O, K,) [&c.,] i. e. [The woman dyed her hands with hinnà] once, or twice. (S, O, K.) And أَنَا آتِى, فُلَانًا فِى اليَوْمِ طَرْقَتَيْنِ, (S, K,) and ↓ طَرْقَيْنِ , (O, K,) &c., (K,) i. e. (tropical:) [I come to such a one in the day] twice. (S, O, TA.) And هُوَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ بِعِشْرِينَ طَرْقَةً (assumed tropical:) [He is better than such a one by twenty times]. (A, TA.) -A2- طَرْقَةُ الطَّرِيقِ means The main and middle part, or the distinct [beaten] track, of the road. (TA.) ― -b2- And هٰذِهِ النَّبْلُ طَرْقَةُ رِجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ [These arrows are] the work, or manufacture, of one man. (S, O, K. *) -A3- See also طِرِّيقَةٌ.
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