طَاغِيَةٌ

i. q. جَبَّارٌ [i. e. Insolent, tyrannical, &c.]; (K, TA;) who deviates from the right way or course, or trangresses the just limit: (TA:) and stupid, or foolish; proud; (K, TA;) wrongful, unjust, or injurious, in conduct: (TA:) or one who cares not what he does, devouring [the property of] men, and oppressing them, and who is not turned from his course by a disposition to shun sin or crime, nor by fear. (Sh, TA.) [Hence,] الطَّاغِيَةُ is an appellation of The king of the رُوم [or Greeks of the Lower Empire]; (S, K, TA;) applied to him as a surname because of his much exorbitance, and corrupt conduct. (TA.)

And A thunderbolt; synonym صَاعِقَةٌ. (S, K.)

And The cry of punishment; by which Thamood were destroyed, as mentioned in the Qur'an, 69:5: (S, TA:) or, according to Zj, it there means their طُغْيَان [or exorbitance]; being a subst. like عَافِيَةٌ and عَاقِبَةٌ. (TA.)

Also The flood denoted by the words of the Qur'an [lxix. 11] إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى المَاءُ. (Er-Rághib, TA.)