عَمَارَةٌ
Root: عمر
Full Definition
عَمَارَةٌ
Anything which one puts, or which a chief puts, upon his head, such as a turban, and a
قَلَنْسُوَة, and a crown, &c., as a sign of headship, and for keeping it in mind; as also
عَمْرَةٌ and
عَمَارٌ : which last [is app. a coll. gen. n., of which عَمَارَةٌ is the n. un., and] also signifies any sweet-smelling plant (رَيْحَان) which a chief puts upon his head for the same purpose: and hence,
2 Also عَمَارَةٌ, or عِمَارَةٌ , An ornamented piece of cloth which is sewed upon a مِظّلَّة, [by which is meant a kind of tent,] i. e. sewed to the طَرِيقَة [q. v.], on each side of the tent-pole, as a sign of headship.
def.2 See also عِمَارَةٌ.
[And when he came to us, a little after slumber, we prostrated ourselves to him, and] we put the turbans from our heads, in honour of him: but IB says that, accord. to this explanation, the correct reading is وَضَعْنَا العَمَارَا: or the former reading means, we raised our voices with prayer for him, and said, May God prolong thy life: or we raised the sweet-smelling plants: &c.: see above.فَلَمَّا أَتَانَا بُعَيْدَ الكَرَى سَجَدْنَا لَهُ وَرَفَعْنَا
2 Also عَمَارَةٌ, or عِمَارَةٌ , An ornamented piece of cloth which is sewed upon a مِظّلَّة, [by which is meant a kind of tent,] i. e. sewed to the طَرِيقَة [q. v.], on each side of the tent-pole, as a sign of headship.
def.2 See also عِمَارَةٌ.
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