ميثرة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root و ث ر (w-ṯ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miː.θa.ra/

Noun

مِيثَرَة • (mīṯara) f (plural مَوَاثِر (mawāṯir) or مَيَاثِر (mayāṯir))

  1. a kind of shabrack or saddle-pillow made of silk, or other silk blankets
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 78:246:
      وَنَهَانَا عَنْ سَبْعٍ، عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ – أَوْ قَالَ حَلْقَةِ الذَّهَبِ – وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ، وَٱلدِّيبَاجِ، وَٱلسُّنْدُسِ، وَٱلْمَيَاثِرِ‏.‏
      wa-nahānā ʕan sabʕin, ʕan ḵātami ḏ-ḏahabi – ʔaw qāla ḥalqati ḏ-ḏahabi – wa-ʕan lubsi l-ḥarīri, wa-d-dībāji, wa-s-sundusi, wa-l-mayāṯiri.
      And he forbade us seven things: to wear golden signets – or golden rings – to wear silk, silk brocade, fine silk or silk saddle-pillows.

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