طَوْرٌ

A time; one time; like the French “ fois; ” synonym تَارَةٌ: (S, A, O, Msb, K:) plural أَطْوَارٌ. (S, K, A.) You say, أَتَيْتُهُ طَوْرًا بَعْدَ طَوْرٍ I came to him time after time. (A.) فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ طَوْرًا بَعْدَ طَوْرٍ He did that time after time. (Msb.) And جِيءْتُهُ أَطْوَارًا I came to him several times. (A.)

And State; condition; quality, mode, or manner; form, or appearance: plural أَطْوَارٌ. (Msb.) You say, النَّاسُ أَطْوَارٌ Mankind are of divers sorts and conditions. (S, A. *) It is said in the Qur'an, 71:13, وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا And He hath created you of divers sorts and conditions: (TA:) or of different forms, every one of his proper form: (Th, TA:) or of various aspects and dispositions: (TA:) or one time, a clot of blood; and one time, a lump of flesh: (Akh, S:) or [one time,] seed; then, a clot of blood; then, a lump of flesh; then, bone. (Fr, TA.)

And Quantity; measure; extent: (K:) limit: (S, A:) a limit between two things. (O, K.) You say, عَدَا فُلَانٌ طَوْرَهُ Such a one exceeded his proper measure, or extent: (TA:) or his proper limit: (S, A, O, TA:) and تَعَدَّى طَوْرَهُ he transgressed the limits of his proper state, or condition. (Msb, TA.)

A thing that is commensurate, (L, K, TA,) or equal in length [and breadth (see عَدَاءٌ)], (TA,) or correspondent, to a thing; (L, K, TA;) as also ↓ طُورٌ and ↓ طَوَارٌ. (K.) You say of anything that is the equal of another thing, ↓ هُوَ طُورُهُ, and ↓ طَوَارُهُ It is the equal of it. (Aboo-Bekr, TA.) You say also, هٰذَا الحَايءِطِ ↓ رَأَيْتُ حَبْلًا بِطَوَارِ I saw a rope of the length of this wall. (TA.) And هٰذِهِ الدَّارُ هٰذِهِ الدَّارِ ↓ بِطَوَارِ This house has its wall contiguous to the wall of this [other] house, in one rank, or series. (TA.) And دَارٍ ↓ طَوَارُ, (S, O, K,) and دار ↓ طِوَارُ, (K,) and طَوْرُهَا, and ↓ طُوَرَتُهَا, (O,) The part of the فِنَاء [or exterior court, or yard], of a house, that is coextensive with the house; (S, A, O, K; *) i. q. جَوَارُهُ. (K in article جور.) [See also the next paragraph.]