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tāb[Pehl. tāp; Z. tāpa; S. ताप, rt. तप् ], s.f. Heat, warmth; burning, inflaming; pain, affliction, grief; anger, indignation, wrath, rage; light, radiance, lustre, splendour; strength, power, ability, capability; endurance, brooking;—bending, twisting (by heat); bend, twist, contortion; curling, curl;—(as last member of compounds), part. adj. Burning, inflaming, kindling; shining, irradiating; turning, twisting, folding:—tāb-tillī, s.f. Induration or enlargement of the spleen attended with or preceded by fever (=tāp-tillī, q.v.s.v. tāp):—tāb-dār, adj. Warm, hot, burning; shining, bright, luminous; twisted, waving, curling:—tāb-dān, s.m. A passage for light, opening in a wall; lattice, window; skylight:—tāb denā, v.t. To inflame; to brighten, polish; to sharpen; to twist:—tāb rahnā(-ko), To be able to bear, to have patience (with, -par; syn. taḥammul ho-saknā):—tābistān, s.m. Hot weather, summer:—tāb-istānī, adj. Of summer; like summer; pleasant as summer:—tāb-t̤āqat, s.f. Power, ability:—tāb khānā, v.n. To be twisted:—tāb lānā(-kī), To muster strength, endurance, or courage, etc. (for); to be able to bear:—tāb-nāk, adj. Bright, shining, brilliant, radiant; hot, passionate, choleric:—tāb honā, v.n.=tāb rahnā, q.v.
Origin: Persian