Ṭāwūs
طاووس
Say it taa-WOOS
The peacock
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṭ-w-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Tawus, Tawoos, Tavus
Meaning & source
The peacock; Ibn Fāris adds that anything beautiful is called muṭawwas.
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[طوس] الطاء والواو والسين ليس بأصل، إنّما فيه الذى يقال له الطَّاوُس.
Who carried this name
- Ṭāwūs ibn Kaysān of Yemen al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 13 (vol. 5, p. 38)