حِقَابٌ
Root: حقب
Full Definition
حِقَابٌ
A thing to which a woman hangs ornaments, and which she binds upon her waist; as also
حَقَبٌ : an ornamented thing which a woman binds upon her waist: accord. to Az, like the
بَرِيم, except that the latter has different-coloured threads.
2 A thread, or string, that is bound upon the waist of a child to avert the evil eye.
3 The whiteness that appears at the root of the nail.
2 A thread, or string, that is bound upon the waist of a child to avert the evil eye.
3 The whiteness that appears at the root of the nail.
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