وردية
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
وَرْد (ward, “rose”) + ـيّة (-iyya)
Noun edit
وَرْدِيّة • (wardiyya) f (plural وَرْدِيّات (wardiyyāt))
- (Christianity) rosary (kind of prayer)
- أُصَلِّي اَلْوَرْدِيَّةَ كُلَّ لَيْلةٍ
- ʔuṣallī l-wardiyyata kulla laylatin
- I pray the rosary every night.
- (Christianity) rosary (string of beads used to count the individual prayers in the above)
- عِنْدِي وَرْدِيَّةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ اِشْتَرَيْتُهَا فِي رُومَا
- ʕindī wardiyyatun qadīmatun ištaraytuhā fī rūmā
- I have an old rosary which I bought in Rome.