غَرْبَالٌ
Root: غربل
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غَرْبَالٌ
[A sieve;] a certain thing well known; the thing with which one sifts: pl. غَرَابِيلُ.
2 And hence, as being likened thereto in respect of its circular shape, A tambourine: whence the trad., أَعْلِنُوا النِّكَاحَ وَٱضْرِبُوا عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْغِرْبَالِ [Publish ye the marriage, and beat for it the tambourine].
3 And
2 And hence, as being likened thereto in respect of its circular shape, A tambourine: whence the trad., أَعْلِنُوا النِّكَاحَ وَٱضْرِبُوا عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْغِرْبَالِ [Publish ye the marriage, and beat for it the tambourine].
3 And
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