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الكستيج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry discusses a thick cord or belt worn by non-Muslims over their garments, and also refers to a bundle made of fibrous material. Both terms are of foreign origin.

Derived headwords

الكِسْتِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    cord, beltclassical

    A thick cord that a dhimmi (non-Muslim subject in an Islamic state) fastens over his clothes, below the belt (zunnar).

كِسْتِيnoun
  1. 1.
    cord, beltclassical

    A foreign-derived term for a thick cord or belt worn by a dhimmi over their clothes.

الكِسْتَجnoun
  1. 1.
    bundle, bunchclassical

    A bundle or bunch, particularly one made of fibrous material like palm fiber.

Parallel reading

الكستيج، بالضم: خيط غليظ يشده الذمي فوق ثيابه دون الزنار، معرب: كستي.
Al-kistīj, with damma: a thick cord that a dhimmi fastens over his clothes, below the zunnar, a foreign word: kistī.
والكستج: كالحزمة من الليف، معرب.
And al-kistaj: like a bundle of fiber, a foreign word.