Core sense — a balance, an instrument for weighing; the most just kind of balancegenerated
1a balance, an instrument for weighing—قِسْطَاسٌ
Or the most even and most just kind of balance; or one that is just, of whatever kind it may be.
Or the same as قَبَّانٌ [a steelyard]; or, as Lth thinks, the iron of the قبّان; or the same as شَاهِينٌ [the beam of a balance].
Or the same as فَرَسْطُونٌ [an arabicized Persian word, meaning a public standard of weights or measures].
Also written قصطاس, said to be Arabic, from القِسْطُ, meaning “justice”; or a Greek word arabicized.
Its being Greek does not affect the truth of the Qur-án's being [altogether] Arabic; for when the Arabs use a foreign word and make it agree with their language in inflection, definiteness and indefiniteness, and the like, it becomes Arabic.
Plural قَسَاطِيسُ.
latin_omitted
Lane cites “Bd in xvii. 37” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
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and قِسْطَاسٌ A balance, or instrument for weighing: (S, Msb, K; and Bd in xvii. 37:) or the most even and most just kind thereof: or such as is just, of whatever kind it be: (K:) or i. q. قَبَّانٌ [a steelyard]: or, as Lth thinks, the iron of the قبّان : or i. q. شَاهِينٌ [the beam of a balance]: (TA:) or i. q. فَرَسْطُونٌ [an arabicized Persian word, signifying a public standard of weights or measures]: (Zj, TA:) also written قصطاس : (K:) said to be Arabic, from القِسْطُ , meaning “ justice: ” (Msb:) or a Greek word arabicized; (IDrd, Msb, K;) and its being so does not impugn the truth of the Kur-án's being [altogether] Arabic; for when a foreign word is used by the Arabs, and made by them conformable with their language in respect of desinential syntax and determinateness and indeterminateness and the like, it becomes Arabic: (Bd, ubi supra:) pl. قَسَاطِيسُ . (Msb.)