Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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جمل جمن جمهر


جُمَانٌ

جُمَانٌ Beads made of silver, like pearls; (Ṣ;) things in the form of pearls, of silver; (Ḳ;) one of which is called جُمَانَةٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) pl. جُمَانَاتٌ: (Ḥar p. 181:) or pearls (Ḳ, TA) themselves: (TA:) or the first is the proper meaning, and this is metaphorical: (EM p. 161:) [said to be] a Persian word, arabicized. (TA.) Also A kind of belt (سَفِيفَة) woven of leather, in which are beads of every colour, worn by a woman as a وِشَاح [q. v.]: or silvered beads. (Ḳ.)


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