ارخ
1 أَرَخَ الكِتَابَ: see 2.
2 أَرَّخَ الكِتَابَ, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. تَأْرِيخٌ; (
S,
Mgh;) and ↓ أَرَخَهُ, (
IKtt,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. أَرْخٌ; (
TA;) but the former is the more common, (
Msb,) and the latter is by some rejected, though correct
accord. to
IKtt and others; (
MF;) and ↓ آرخهُ, (
K,)
inf. n. مُؤَارَخَةٌ; (
TA;) as also وَرَّخَهُ,
inf. n. تَوْرِيخٌ; (
S,
Mgh, *
Msb;) in which the و is a substitute for the ء; (Yaakoob,
Msb;) a form seldom used; (
Msb;) He dated the writing, or letter; inscribed it with a date, or note of the time when it was written. (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K.) You say also, أَرَّخَ الكِتَابَ بِيَوْمِ كَذَا He inscribed the writing, or letter, with the date of such a day. (
S,
L.) And أَرَّخَ البَيِّنَةَ He dated, or mentioned the date of, the evidence, proof, or voucher: in the
contr. case saying, أَطْلَقَ. (
Msb.) Some say that تأريخ is an arabicized word, (
L,
Msb,) borrowed by the Muslims from the people of the Bible: [i. e., from the Jews or Christians;
app. from the Hebr.
יָרֵחַ the “moon,” or יֶרַח “a month;“ or from the Chald.
יְרַח “a month;” as observed by Golius:] (
L:) others say that it is [pure] Arabic: (
Msb,
TA:) some, that it is formed by
transposition from تَأْخِيرٌ. (
TA.) 3 اَاْرَخَ see 2.
أُرْخَةٌ: see what next follows.
تَأْرِيخٌ
inf. n. of 2.
b2: Also, [as a
subst., generally pronounced without ء,] A date; an era; an epoch; (
Msb;) and ↓ أُرْخَةٌ is a
subst. [signifying the same,] from أَرَخَ. (
K.) تَأْرِيخُ الهِجْرَةِ is The era, or epoch, of the Emigration [or Flight (for such it really was)] of Mohammad [from Mekkeh to El-Medeeneh], (
L,
Msb,) which his companions, in the time of 'Omar, agreed to make their era, commencing the year from the first appearance of the new moon of [the month] ElMoharram, [two months before the Flight itself,] and making the day to commence from sunset: (
Msb:) it is also called تَأْرِيخَ المُسْلِمِينَ the era, or epoch, of the Muslims. (
L.)
b3: Also The utmost limit, term, or time, of anything: whence the saying, فُلَانٌ تَأْرِيخُ قُوْمِهِ Such a one is the person from whom date the nobility, or eminence, and dominion, or authority, of his people. (Es-Soolee,
Mgh,
TA.)
b4: [Also, A chronicle; a book of annals; a history:
pl. تَوَارِيخُ, from تَوْرِيخٌ.]
مُؤَرِّخٌ A chronicler; a writer of annals; a historian..]
