قَلَنْسُوَةٌ
Root: قلس
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قَلَنْسُوَةٌ
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قُلَنْسِيَةٌ and
قَلْسُوَةٌ and
قَلْسَاةٌ A certain thing that is worn upon the head, well known; [a cap, generally high and pointed, but sometimes close-fitting, which was worn by the Arabs, sometimes alone, and sometimes beneath the turban: there was also one kind which was round, like a melon: (see أُرْصُوصَةٌ:) and a cowl, or hood, of a pointed form: see طُرْطُورٌ, and بُرْنُسٌ, and عَرَقِيَّةٌ: 'Abd-El-Lateef applies the term قَلَنْسُوَة نُحَاس to the cap of copper which covered the head of the
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