قِرْطَاس

qiroTaAsN * Paper; syn. kaAgadN : (K:) or such as is made of the barodiY~ [or papyrus ], found in Egypt: (TA:) [and particularly a roll, or scroll, thereof: see also TuwmaArN , and surofapN :] what one writes upon: (S, Msb:) also written quroTaAsN ; (S, Msb, K;) but the former is the better known, (Msb), or the former only is of established authority, for El-Járabardee says the contrary of the latter; (MF;) and qaroTaAsN ; (Lh, ISd, K;) but this is not mentioned by most of the lexicographers; (MF;) and ↓ qaroTasN signifies the same; (AZ, S, Msb, K;) and so does ↓ qiroTasN . (K [app. on the authority of El-Fárábee and Aboo-'Alyà; but the names are imperfectly written in the TA.]) ― -b2- qiroTaAsN also signifies A writing, or book, ( SaHiyfapN ,) of whatever thing it be: (K:) pl. qaraATiysu . (TA.) ― -b3- Also, A butt, or target, to shoot at; (S;) a piece of skin, (Msb,) or any skin, (K,) set up for persons contending in shooting. (Msb, K.) ― -b4- And A kind of burod [q. v.] of the fabric of Egypt. (K, TA.) ― -b5- And A white, or fair, girl, of tall stature. (IAar, K.) ― -b6- And A camel such as is termed A=dam . (Sgh, K.) ― -b7- And A young she-camel. (IAar, K.)