رَبْعَةٌ
Root: ربع
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رَبْعَةٌ
: see رَبْعٌ, last signification, in three places.
def.2 [A small round basket, covered with leather, in which perfumes are kept by him who sells them;] the جُونَة of the عَطَّار; which is a سُلَيْلَة covered with leather: or a four-sided vessel, like the جُونَة: said by El-Isbahánee to be so called because originally having four طَاقَات [app. meaning compartments, one above another, for different kinds of perfume]; or because having four legs.
2 Hence, app., A chest in which the volumes of a copy of the Kur-án are kept; called رَبْعَةُ المُصْحَفِ: but thus applied, it is post-classical, belonging to the conventional language of the people of Baghdád.
3 Its application to A household utensil proper for women requires consideration.
def.2 [A small round basket, covered with leather, in which perfumes are kept by him who sells them;] the جُونَة of the عَطَّار; which is a سُلَيْلَة covered with leather: or a four-sided vessel, like the جُونَة: said by El-Isbahánee to be so called because originally having four طَاقَات [app. meaning compartments, one above another, for different kinds of perfume]; or because having four legs.
2 Hence, app., A chest in which the volumes of a copy of the Kur-án are kept; called رَبْعَةُ المُصْحَفِ: but thus applied, it is post-classical, belonging to the conventional language of the people of Baghdád.
3 Its application to A household utensil proper for women requires consideration.
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