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تَيْهُورٌ تيهور , said by Az to be of the measure فَيْعُولٌ, from الوَهْرُ; originally وَيْهُورٌ, like as تَيْقُورٌ is [said to be] originally وَيْقُورٌ; but the ت is held by ISd [and J and F and others] to be a radical: (TA:) Low, or depressed, sand: (T, TA:) or sand that falls apart, and does not hold together: (A, TA:) or elevated sand: (TA:) or sand having a جُرُف [or part carried and eaten away by torrents]: (As, S, K:) pl. تَيَاهِيرُ and تَيَاهِرُ. (S, K.) ― -b2- Low, or depressed, land, or ground. (K.) ― -b3- The part between the top and bottom of the side of a valley, and of a mountain: (JK, K, * TA:) of the dial. of Nejd, and of that of Hudheyl. (TA.) ― -b4- High waves of the sea or of a great river. (K.) ― -b5- Applied to a man, [like تَيَّارٌ, q. v.,] (assumed tropical:) Vain, or having a fond opinion of himself, (S, K,) and proud. (K.) [For ذَاهِيًا in one copy of the S, and ذَاهِبًا in another and in the L, in the phrase إِِذَا كَانَ ذَاهِيًا بِنَفْسِهِ بِهِ تِيهٌ, or ذَاهِبًا, I read زَاهِيًا.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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