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طَسْقٌ ذ , incorrectly pronounced by the people of Baghdád طِسْقٌ, (O, K,) A certain measure of capacity, (Lth, M, O, K,) well known: (M:) and (Lth, M, O, in the K “ or ”) the portion of the [tax called] خَرَاج that is levied on the [quantities of land termed] جُرْبَان, (Lth, M, O, K,) pl. of جَرِيبٌ: (TA:) an assessed rate (وَظِيفَةٌ) of the land-tax: (S:) it is like the خَرَاج, having a certain amount: (Az, TA:) or it is like an impost of a certain amount: (O, K:) not a pure Arabic word: (Az, O:) app. post-classical: (K:) or (K) a Pers. word (S) arabicized: (S, K:) from the Pers. تَشَه [or تَشَّهْ] originally signifying “ an oil-measure: ” (TK:) it occurs in a letter of 'Omar to 'Othmán. (S, O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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