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komboskini

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chotki, prayer rope

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Greek κομποσκοίνι (komposkoíni, “prayer rope”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِسْبَحَة (misbaḥa) — prayer rope
  • Bulgarian: броеница (broenica) — prayer rope
  • Catalan: cordó d'oració — prayer rope
  • Coptic: ⲙⲉⲕⲩⲧⲁⲣⲓⲁ (mekutaria) — prayer rope
  • Czech: čotky — prayer rope
  • French: tchotki — prayer rope
  • Greek: κομποσκοίνι (komposkoíni) — prayer rope
  • Greek: κομβοσχοίνι (komvoschoíni) — prayer rope
  • Italian: corda di preghiera — prayer rope
  • Japanese: コンボスキニオン (konbosukinion) — prayer rope
  • Korean: 기도매듭 (gidomaedeup) — prayer rope
  • Norwegian: komboskini — prayer rope
  • Polish: czotki — prayer rope
  • Portuguese: chotki — prayer rope
  • Portuguese: corda de oração — prayer rope
  • Romanian: metanii — prayer rope
  • Romanian: metanier — prayer rope
  • Russian: чётки (čótki) — prayer rope
  • Russian: ве́рвица (vérvica) — prayer rope
  • Serbo-Croatian: бројаница — prayer rope
  • Serbo-Croatian: broyanitsa — prayer rope
  • Slovak: čotky — prayer rope
  • Spanish: cordón de oración — prayer rope
  • Ukrainian: чо́тки (čótky) — prayer rope
  • Ukrainian: верви́ця (vervýcja) — prayer rope
  • Vietnamese: dây cầu nguyện — prayer rope