طــلسم
Q. 1 طَـ
ـلْسَمَ He (a man) made his face to be displeasing, or odious; (
M,
L,
TA;) he contracted it; or made it austere, or morose: and so طَرْمَسَ, and طَلْمَسَ, (
L,
TA,) and طَرْسَمَ. (
TA in art. طلمس.)
b2: And He (a man) bent down his head; or lowered his eyes, looking towards the ground; or was, or became, silent;
syn. أَطْرَقَ: and so طَرْسَمَ. (
S in art. طرسم; and
TA.)
b3: [And,
accord. to Golius, He receded, or drew back, from fight; followed by عَنْ: (one of the significations assigned in the
K to طَرْسَمَ:) he mentions this as on the authority of
J: perhaps he found it in a copy of the
S in art. طرمس (in which الطَّرْمَسَةُ is
expl. as meaning الاِنْقِبَاضُ and النُّكُوصُ), or in some other art. of that work in which I do not remember to have seen it.
A2: Also He sculptured, engraved, or inscribed, a thing with talismanic devices or characters. and He charmed, or guarded, or preserved, by means of a talisman. See what follows.]
طِـ
ـلَسْمٌ, or,
accord. to
MF, طِـ
ـلَّسْمٌ, [also written طَـ
ـلِسْمٌ, and طِـ
ـلِسْمٌ, and طِـ
ـلِّسْمٌ, and طَـ
ـلْسَمٌ, and طَـ
ـلْسِمٌ, and طِـ
ـلْسَمٌ,] said by
MF to be a
Pers\., or foreign, word; [perhaps from a late usage of the Greek τέλεσμα;] but [
SM says] in my opinion it is Arabic; a name for A concealed secret; [i. e. a mystery: hence our word talisman:
accord. to common modern usage, it signifies mystical devices or characters, astrological or of some other magical kind: and a seal, an image, or some other thing, upon which such devices, or characters, are engraved or inscribed; contrived for the purpose of preserving from enchantment or from a particular accident or from a variety of evils, or to protect a treasure with which it is deposited, or (generally by its being rubbed) to procure the presence and services of a Jinnee, &c.:]
pl. طَلَاسِمُ (
TA) [and طِـ
ـلَسْمَــاتٌ or طِـ
ـلَّسْمَــاتٌ &c.].
