What does Al-tḥfa mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-tḥfa (تحفة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-tḥfa

Al-tḥfa according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

What a man presents as a gift (tuhfa) of goodness (birr).

Al-tḥfa according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

What a man presents as a gift.

Al-tḥfa according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

In language: goodness and gentleness (lutf), and the rarity (turfa); plural: tuhaf; one says 'ahtaftuhu bi-tuhfa': I presented him with a gift; its root is wahfa. Al-Jurjani said: it is what a man presents as a gift of goodness. (Al-Qamus al-Muhit, (tuhf) and (haff) 1026, 1110; At-Ta'rifat, p. 46).

Al-tḥfa according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

The rare, precious thing by which one honors a person.

Al-tḥfa according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

What a man presents as a gift of goodness.