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وَجَدْتُ هٰذَا من تِلْقَآءِكَ ذ I experienced this from thee, or on thy part; syn. مِنْ جِهَتِكَ and مِنْ قِبَلِكَ. (Mgh in art. قبل.) هٰذَا الأَمْرُ مِنْ تِلْقَائِهِ This thing, or affair, is from him; syn. مِنْ عِنْدِهِ; as also مِنْ قِبَلِهِ and مِنْ لَدُنْهُ. (Lth, in TA in art. قبل.) ― -b2- تَلْقَآءَ In the direction that meets or faces. (El-Khafájee, TA.) You say, تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ فُلَانٍ [He went towards such a one], and تِلْقَآءَ النَّارِ [in the direction of, or towards, the fire]. (K.) And جلست تِلْقَآءَهُ I sat over against him, or opposite to him. (S.) And وَقَفَ تِلْقَآءَ البَيْتِ He stopped facing the house. (Msb.) ― -b3- تِلْقَآءُ القِبْلَةِ [The direction of the Kibleh]. (M, K, voce إِِمْامٌ.) -A2- See بَيَّنَهُ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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