zinar

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A necklace with amulets used ceremonially by Hindus.
    — [A] young maid advanced towards us of ſuch exquiſite beauty and form, that a devotee of true faith would have worſhipped the divinities which beamed in the arched temples of her eyes, and wiſh to wear the zinar, if woven of her ambroſial hair.
  2. A sacred thread or cord worn by certain Hindus; a janeu or brahminical thread.

词形变化

zinars plural

词源

Borrowed from Marathi झीनार (jhīnār, “necklace”); ultimately from Arabic زینار (zinar, “belt, sash”).
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