What does Tarkhim mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Tarkhim (ترخيم) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Tarkhim

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

Deleting the name’s end for lightening.

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

Lexically: slaughtering camels without illness. In grammarians’ terminology: deleting the name’s end without morphological cause: either pure lightening, as the called one; or poetic necessity demanding it: the first permitted, the second obligatory.

Tarkhim according to Al-Qamus al-Fiqhi

The name in vocative: deleting its end for lightening, easing its uttering.

Tarkhim according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Deleting the called one’s end for lightening.

Tarkhim according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Deleting the name’s end for lightening, arbitrarily; its origin easing.

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