وردية

Arabic

Etymology

وَرْد (ward, rose) + ـيّة (-iyya)

Noun

وَرْدِيّة (wardiyya) f (plural وَرْدِيّات (wardiyyāt))

  1. (Christianity) rosary (kind of prayer)
    أُصَلِّي اَلْوَرْدِيَّةَ كُلَّ لَيْلةٍ
    ʾuṣallī l-wardiyyata kulla laylatin
    I pray the rosary every night.
  2. (Christianity) rosary (string of beads used to count the individual prayers in the above)
    عِنْدِي وَرْدِيَّةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ اِشْتَرَيْتُهَا فِي رُومَا
    ʿindī wardiyyatun qadīmatun ištaraytuhā fī rūmā
    I have an old rosary which I bought in Rome.
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