رَسْوَةٌ
Root: رسو
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رَسْوَةٌ
A [bracelet, or one of a particular kind, called] دَسْتِبنَج; so accord. to Kr: (M, TA: but in a copy of the M written دَسْتَبَنْج:) a certain thing of strung beads; like the
دستينج; which is an arabicized word [from the Pers. دَسْتِينَهْ]: a bracelet of beads: or a bracelet of
ذَبْل [i. e. turtle-shell, or tortoise-shell]: pl. رَسَوَاتٌ: it has no broken pl. (M, TA. [Golius and Freytag say that its pl. is رِسًى; but on what authority, I know not: the former mentions no authority beside the S and K; and the latter, none but the K.])
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