تُرْعَةٌ

The mouth of a streamlet or rivulet; (IB, Msb, K;) i. e. a place hollowed out by the water in the side of a river, whence it flows forth: (Msb:) plural تُرَعٌ (IB, Msb) and تُرْعَاتٌ and تُرَعَاتٌ and تُرُعَاتٌ: (Msb:) in the S it is said to signify the mouths of streamlets or rivulets; but correctly the sentence should be, تُرَعٌ is plural of تُرْعَةٌ, and has this signification. (IB.)

A canal, or channel of water, to a meadow or garden or the like: (L, TA:) this is the meaning commonly known [in the present day: the general name in Egypt for a canal cut for the purpose of irrigation, conveying the water of the Nile through the adjacent fields]. (TA.)

The opening, or gap, of a wateringtrough or tank, by which the water enters, and where the people draw it: (Az, Mgh, * K, * TA:) and, (K,) according to AA, (TA,) the station of the drinkers at the watering-trough or tank; as in the O and K; or, as in the L, the part of the watering-trough or tank which is the station of the drinkers. (TA.)

A meadow, or garden, or the like, (S, K,) in an elevated place: (K:) if in low land, it is called رَوْضَةٌ. (TA.)

A stair; or a flight of steps by which one ascends; synonym دَرَجَةٌ: (S, K:) so according to some in a tradition, which see in what follows: (S, * TA:) and particularly the flight of steps of a pulpit. (AA, Sgh, K.)

(tropical:) A door, or gate: (S, Sgh, Msb, K:) plural تُرَعٌ. (K.) You say, فَتَحَ تُرْعَةَ الدَّارِ (tropical:) He opened the door of the house. (TA.) And it is said in a tradition, إِنَّ مِنْبَرِي هٰذَا عَلَى تُرْعَةٍ مِنْ تُرَعِ الجَنَّةِ, (S, TA,) as though meaning, (tropical:) Verily this my pulpit is at a gate of the gates of Paradise: thus explained by Sahl Ibn-Saad Es-Sá'idee, the relater of the tradition; and A'Obeyd says, وَهُوَ الوَجْهُ [“ and it is the proper, ” or “ the valid and obvious, way, ” of explaining it], meaning that it is the preferable explanation: but the author of the K, mistaking his meaning, makes وَجْهٌ to be another signification of تُرْعَةٌ: or the meaning of this tradition is, he who acts according to the exhortations recited upon the steps of my pulpit will enter Paradise: or, according to Kt, prayer and praise in this place are means of attaining to Paradise; so that it is as though it were a portion of Paradise. (TA.) In the same manner Sahl explained his other trad,, إِنَّ قَدَمِى عَلَى تُرْعَةٍ مِنْ تُرَعِ الحَوْضِ (tropical:) [Verily my foot is at a gate of the gates of the pool of Paradise]. (TA.)