ط • ن

, (MA, Msb, K, TA,) aor. طَنِ3َ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. طَنِينٌ [q. v. infrà], (MA, Msb,) It made a sound [of a continued or a reiterated kind, and either low or sharp]; (MA, Msb, K, TA;) as also ↓ طنّن, and ↓ طَنْطَنَ. (K.) You say, طَنَّ الذُّبَابُ [and ↓ طَنْطَنَ, as also دَنَّ and دَنْدَنَ,] The flies made a [humming, or buzzing,] sound. (MA, Msb.) And in like manner طَنَّ is said of other things than flies. (Msb.) [Thus,] طَنَّ الطَّسْتُ, (MA,) or طَنَّتِ الطَّسْتُ, (S,) The basin of brass or other metal made a [ringing, or tinkling,] sound. (S, MA.) And البَطَّةُ تَطِنُّ The duck, or goose, utters a sound or sounds [i. e. quacks]. (S.) [Hence,] one says also, طَنَّ ذِكْرُهُ فِى البِلَادِ (assumed tropical:) [His fame resounded through the countries]. (TA.) And طَنَّت الإِبِلُ (assumed tropical:) The camels thirsted [app. because thirst is often attended with a ringing, or tingling, in the ears]. (TA.) And طَنَّتْ سَاقُهُ (tropical:) His shank was quickly cut off: the verb being imitative of the sound of the shank in its falling. (TA.) And طَنَّ (assumed tropical:) He (a man, TA) died: (S, K:) so in the “ Musannaf ” [of Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee]. (S.) And (assumed tropical:) He licked his finger. (TA.)

He caused the basin of brass or other metal to make a [ringing, or tinkling,] sound. (S, K.) And اطنّ سَاقَهُ (S, K) (tropical:) He cut off his shank (S, K, TA) quickly; (TA;) or اطنّ يَدَهُ he made his arm, or hand, to fall off; (so in a copy of the S;) by a stroke [of a sword or the like]; the verb being meant to imitate the sound of the cutting, (S,) or the sound of the limb in its falling; and in like manner one says أَتَنَّهَا [and أَطَرَّهَا] and أَتَرَّهَا, meaning the same. (TA.)

, meaning He is suspected of such a thing, is originally يُظْتَنُّ; as also يُظَّنُّ. (TA.)

an inf. n.: (MA, Msb: [see 1:]) [as a simple subst.,] The sound of flies [i. e. a humming, or buzzing]: and of a basin of brass or other metal [i. e. a ringing, or tinkling]: (S, K, TA:) and of the ear [i. e. a ringing, or tingling]: and of a mountain: and of a hard thing [of any kind]: and ↓ طَنْطَنَةٌ has a similar meaning. (TA.)

See طَنِينٌ.

It is an onomatopœia, meaning The sound of the [kind of mandoline called] طُنْبُور, and the like, (K, TA,) such as the lute. (TA.) And Low, faint, or soft, speech. (TA.) And Loquacity, and a sounding utterance of speech. (TA.)

[accord. to the CK طِنٌّ, being there said to be with kesr, but not so in other copies of the K, nor in the TA,] Fresh, ripe, red dates, very sweet, (K, TA,) and having much flowing juice; as also ↓ طُنٌّ, with damm. (TA.) -A2- Also, [if not a mistranscription for طُنٌّ,] A half-load, such as is borne on one side of a beast, of cotton that has been separated, or loosened, and cleared of its seeds: from El-Hejeree. (TA.)

A bundle of reeds or canes, (S, M, K,) or (so accord. to the Msb, but in the TA “ and ”) of firewood: (Msb, TA:) thought by IDrd to be not genuine Arabic: and pronounced by the vulgar طِنّ, with kesr: (TA:) n. un. with ة; (K;) [i. e.] ↓ طُنَّةٌ signifies a single reed or cane [or piece of firewood] of a bundle: (S:) and the pl. is أَطْنَانٌ: (Msb:) [or,] accord. to AHn, a طُنّ of reeds or canes, and of fresh branches, is a وريقة [app. meaning a leafy bundle] put together and bound round, and having flowers, or blossoms, and plucked fruits put in the interior thereof. (TA.) And A thing that is put between the two half-loads that are upon the sides of a beast. (AHeyth, K.) And The stature [of a man]: or, accord. to IAar, (TA,) the body of a man and of any animal: pl. أَطْنَانٌ and طِنَانٌ: (K, TA:) whence, he says, the saying, فُلَانٌ لَا يَقُومُ بِطُنِّ نَفْسِهِ فَكَيْفَ بَغَيْرِهِ [Such a one will not rise with his own body: how then with another?]: but accord. to IDrd, this is a saying of the vulgar; and he does not think it to be genuine Arabic. (TA.) -A2- See also طَنٌّ.

A large-bodied man. (K, TA.)

[A sonorous ode.] (TA.)

A clamorous man. (K.)