Arabic vocabulary
وَشَحَgirded with in Arabic
وَشَحَ is how you say “girded with” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root و ش ح (w-sh-ḥ)verb (form I)Pronounced washaḥa
Meaning of girded with in Arabic
- girded, adorned (someone) with a wishāḥ — The wishāḥ is a crossed ornamental sash; related forms extend this to girding oneself with a sword or garment.
Beyond the literal sash, the root is used tropically for girding oneself with something worn diagonally across the body — a sword-belt, a garment thrown over one shoulder, or even a horse's bridle slung like a sash, as in the verse of Labīd.
Words from the same root
- وِشَاحan ornamental sash women wear crosswise
- تَوَشَّحَto gird or drape oneself with sword or garment
- وَشَّحَto put a sash on someone
- مُوَشَّحmarked with two sash-like stripes
- وَشْحَّاءa goat marked like a sash
Common questions
- How do you say "girded with" in Arabic?
- وَشَحَ (washaḥa).
- What is a وِشَاح (wishāḥ)?
- A woman's ornamental sash — often two strings of pearls or jeweled leather crossed over the body.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
إذ نظر عمر إلى عمير حين أناخ على باب المسجد متوشحا بالسيف
Umar saw Umair when he arrived at the mosque's door, girded with a sword.
مُتَوَشِّحًا — girded with. mutawashshih means 'wearing (a sword) across the body, girded'; the '-an' ending — describes Umair's state.
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