ضرب

مِضْرَابٌ ذ The thing [i. e. plectrum ] with which a lute (عُود) is struck [or played ]: (S:) pl. مَضَارِيبُ. (TA in art. طرب.) [See an ex. voce طَروب. The plectrum commonly used for this purpose in the present day is a slip of a vulture's feather, and is termed رِيشَةٌ: see the chap. on music in my “ Modern Egyptians. ”] ― -b2- See also مِضْرَبٌ.