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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