مِضْرَابٌ
Root: ضرب
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مِضْرَابٌ
The thing [i. e. plectrum] with which a lute (عُود) is struck [or played]: pl. مَضَارِيبُ. (TA in art. طرب.) [See an ex. voce طَروب. The plectrum commonly used for this purpose in the present day is a slip of a vulture's feather, and is termed رِيشَةٌ: see the chap. on music in my “ Modern Egyptians. ”]
2 See also مِضْرَبٌ.
2 See also مِضْرَبٌ.
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