تِقْنٌ
1.
The رُسَابَة
of water, (JK, Mgh, K,) in a rivulet or in the channel of a torrent, (K,) in the [season called] رَبِيع; (Lth, JK, Mgh;) i. e., (Mgh,) [its sediment, or] the thick matter that is borne by it [and that sinks to the bottom; used for improving land]: (Lth, JK, Mgh:) and (K) the تُرْنُوق
of a well (Mgh, K) and of the channel of a torrent; i. e., the slime, mixed with black, or black and fetid, mud; according to the Jámi' of El-Ghooree. (Mgh.)
2.
A thing by means of which one subsists, and makes good, or improves, the performance, or execution, or management, of an affair; as iron, and other things, of the
جَوَاهِر [i. e. precious stones, or native ores,] of the earth: and anything by means of which a thing is made good, or improved, is called its تِقْن. (TA.)
3.
A skilful man: (JK, S, K:) plural أَتْقَانٌ. (TA.)
4.
[Hence, probably,] تِقْنٌ [or اِبْنُ تِقْنٍ] is also the name [or surname] of a certain man proverbial for his excellence in shooting. (S, K. [In the latter it is implied that this name or surname is التِّقْنُ.]) The rájiz says,
[One more skilled in shooting than Ibn-Tikn shoots it]. (S.)يَرَمِى بِهَا أَرْمَى مِنِ ابْنِ تِقْنِ