prayer beads

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An interesting example of a compound that is diachronically pleonastic, although not synchronically so; the head by itself originally meant the relevant meaning (see bead), but as the head's meaning broadened by extension, the compound then became necessary to specify the relevant meaning by narrowing down.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِسْبَحَة (misbaḥa) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Arabic: سُبْحَة (subḥa) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Armenian: համրիչ (hamričʻ) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Armenian: տերողորմյա (teroġormya) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Armenian: թզբեխ (tʻzbex) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Armenian: թազբեհ (tʻazbeh) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Azerbaijani: təsbeh — string of beads — see also rosary
• Azerbaijani: тәсбеһ — string of beads — see also rosary
• Bashkir: тиҫбе (tiśbe) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Bashkir: тәсбих (təsbix) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Belarusian: ружа́нец (ružánjec) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Bengali: তসবীহ (tosbiho) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Bulgarian: броени́ца (broeníca) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Catalan: rosari — string of beads — see also rosary
• Chinese Mandarin: 唸珠 /念珠 (niànzhū) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Czech: růženec — string of beads — see also rosary
• Dongxiang: tesibihha — string of beads — see also rosary
• Dutch: rozenkrans — string of beads — see also rosary
• Dutch: gebedssnoer — string of beads — see also rosary
• Estonian: palvehelmed — string of beads — see also rosary
• Finnish: rukousnauha — string of beads — see also rosary
• French: chapelet — string of beads — see also rosary
• German: Gebetskette — string of beads — see also rosary
• German: Gebetsschnur — string of beads — see also rosary
• Greek: ροζάριο (rozário) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Greek: ροδάριο (rodário) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Hausa: càr̃bī — string of beads — see also rosary
• Hindi: माला (mālā) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Hindi: तसबीह (tasbīh) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Hindi: जपनी (japnī) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Irish: paidrín — string of beads — see also rosary
• Italian: rosario — string of beads — see also rosary
• Japanese: 念珠 (nenju) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Japanese: 数珠 (juzu) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Kalmyk: эркн (erkn) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Korean: 묵주 (mukju) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Korean: 염주 (yeomju) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Macedonian: бројаница (brojanica) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Mongolian: эрхи (erxi) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Persian: تسبیح (tasbih) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Persian: رزاری (rozâri) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Persian: بازیج (bāzij) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Polish: różaniec — string of beads — see also rosary
• Polish: sznur modlitewny — string of beads — see also rosary
• Portuguese: terço — string of beads — see also rosary
• Portuguese: rosário — string of beads — see also rosary
• Romanian: mătănii — string of beads — see also rosary
• Romanian: rozariu — string of beads — see also rosary
• Russian: чётки (čótki) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Sanskrit: माला (mālā) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Serbo-Croatian: бројаница — string of beads — see also rosary
• Serbo-Croatian: теспих — string of beads — see also rosary
• Serbo-Croatian: круница — string of beads — see also rosary
• Serbo-Croatian: brojanica — string of beads — see also rosary
• Serbo-Croatian: tespih — string of beads — see also rosary
• Serbo-Croatian: krȕnica — string of beads — see also rosary
• Slovak: ruženec — string of beads — see also rosary
• Slovene: rožni venec — string of beads — see also rosary
• Spanish: rosario — string of beads — see also rosary
• Tagalog: rosaryo — string of beads — see also rosary
• Thai: ปัด (bpàt) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Thai: ประคํา (bprà-kam) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Turkish: tespih — string of beads — see also rosary
• Ukrainian: чо́тки (čótky) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Urdu: تسبیح (tasbīh) — string of beads — see also rosary
• Vietnamese: tràng hạt — string of beads — see also rosary