"prayer beads" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A string of beads used by members of various religions to count prayers, chants or devotions. Wikipedia link: prayer beads Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Prayer Synonyms: rosary Related terms: prayer book Translations (string of beads — see also rosary): مِسْبَحَة (misbaḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), سُبْحَة (subḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), համրիչ (hamričʻ) (Armenian), տերողորմյա (teroġormya) (Armenian), թզբեխ (tʻzbex) (Armenian), թազբեհ (tʻazbeh) (Armenian), təsbeh (Azerbaijani), тәсбеһ [Cyrillic] (Azerbaijani), тиҫбе (tiśbe) (Bashkir), тәсбих (təsbix) (Bashkir), ружа́нец (ružánjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), তসবীহ (tosbiho) (Bengali), броени́ца (broeníca) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rosari [masculine] (Catalan), 唸珠 (Chinese Mandarin), 念珠 (niànzhū) (Chinese Mandarin), růženec [masculine] (Czech), tesibihha (Dongxiang), rozenkrans [masculine] (Dutch), gebedssnoer [neuter] (Dutch), palvehelmed [plural] (Estonian), rukousnauha (Finnish), chapelet [masculine] (French), Gebetskette [feminine] (German), ροζάριο (rozário) [neuter] (Greek), ροδάριο (rodário) [neuter] (Greek), càr̃bī [masculine] (Hausa), माला (mālā) (Hindi), तसबीह (tasbīh) (Hindi), जपनी (japnī) (Hindi), paidrín [masculine] (Irish), rosario [masculine] (Italian), 念珠 (nenju) (alt: ねんじゅ) (Japanese), 数珠 (juzu) (alt: じゅず) (Japanese), эркн (erkn) (Kalmyk), 묵주 (mukju) (Korean), 염주 (yeomju) (Korean), бројаница (brojanica) [feminine] (Macedonian), эрхи (erxi) (Mongolian), تسبیح (tasbih) (Persian), رزاری (rozâri) (Persian), różaniec [masculine] (Polish), sznur modlitewny [masculine] (Polish), terço [masculine] (Portuguese), rosário [masculine] (Portuguese), mătănii [feminine, plural] (Romanian), rozariu [neuter] (Romanian), чётки (čótki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), माला (mālā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), бројаница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), теспих [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), круница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), brojanica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tespih [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), krȕnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ruženec [masculine] (Slovak), rožni venec [masculine] (Slovene), rosario [masculine] (Spanish), rosaryo (Tagalog), ปัด (bpàt) (Thai), ประคำ (bprà-kam) (Thai), tespih (Turkish), чо́тки (čótky) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), تسبیح (tasbīh) (Urdu), tràng hạt (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ružánjec",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ружа́нец"
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        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "tosbiho",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "তসবীহ"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "broeníca",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "броени́ца"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "rosari"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "唸珠"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "niànzhū",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "念珠"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "růženec"
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          "code": "sce",
          "lang": "Dongxiang",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "tesibihha"
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gebedssnoer"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "palvehelmed"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "rukousnauha"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chapelet"
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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          "alt": "ねんじゅ",
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          "alt": "じゅず",
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          "lang": "Kalmyk",
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "эркн"
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "묵주"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeomju",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "염주"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "бројаница"
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "erxi",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "эрхи"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tasbih",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "تسبیح"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "rozâri",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "رزاری"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "sznur modlitewny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "terço"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "mătănii"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "ru",
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            "plural"
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          "code": "sa",
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          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
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            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бројаница"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "теспих"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "круница"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "sh",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krȕnica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ruženec"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rožni venec"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosario"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "rosaryo"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpàt",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "ปัด"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bprà-kam",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "ประคำ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "tespih"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čótky",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "чо́тки"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "tasbīh",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "تسبیح"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
          "word": "tràng hạt"
        }
      ],
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        "prayer beads"
      ]
    }
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}
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      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "təsbeh"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
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      "word": "тәсбеһ"
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      "word": "тиҫбе"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "tosbiho",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "তসবীহ"
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      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "rosari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "唸珠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "niànzhū",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "念珠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "růženec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sce",
      "lang": "Dongxiang",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "tesibihha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozenkrans"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gebedssnoer"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "palvehelmed"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "rukousnauha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chapelet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gebetskette"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rozário",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ροζάριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rodário",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ροδάριο"
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      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "càr̃bī"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mālā",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "माला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tasbīh",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "तसबीह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "japnī",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "जपनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paidrín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねんじゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nenju",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "念珠"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅず",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "juzu",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "数珠"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "erkn",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "эркн"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mukju",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "묵주"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeomju",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "염주"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brojanica",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бројаница"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "erxi",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "эрхи"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tasbih",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "تسبیح"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rozâri",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "رزاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "różaniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sznur modlitewny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mătănii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rozariu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čótki",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "чётки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mālā",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "माला"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бројаница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "теспих"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "круница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brojanica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tespih"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krȕnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruženec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rožni venec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosario"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "rosaryo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpàt",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "ปัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-kam",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "ประคำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "tespih"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čótky",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "чо́тки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tasbīh",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "تسبیح"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "string of beads — see also rosary",
      "word": "tràng hạt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prayer beads"
}

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