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طَاحُونَةٌ ذ A mill: (S, Msb, K:) [also called in the present day ↓ طَاحُونٌ : and the same meaning is assigned by Golius and Freytag, by the latter as on the authority of the K, (in which I do not find it,) to ↓ مِطْحَنَةٌ , pl. مَطَاحِنُ; and by Golius to ↓ مِطْحَانٌ likewise:] or a mill that is turned by water; (Lth, MA, Mgh;) as also ↓ طَحَّانَةٌ : (Lth, Mgh, TA:) or this signifies a mill that is turned by a beast [as طاحونة and طاحون do in the present day]: (MA, Mgh:) pl. of the first طَوَاحِينُ. (Msb, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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