komboskini

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noun

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.

Similar
chotkiprayer rope
OriginGreek κομποσκοίνι →
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Meanings

nounkomboskini (plural komboskini)
  1. ChristianityA 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.

    Synonyms: chotki, prayer rope

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
chotkiprayer rope
Also see
chotkiprayer rope

Origin

  1. Greekκομποσκοίνι“prayer rope”
  2. Englishkomboskini

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

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Translations

Arabic مِسْبَحَة
  • مِسْبَحَة (misbaḥa)prayer rope
Bulgarian броеница
  • броеница (broenica)prayer rope
Catalan cordó d'oració
  • cordó d'oracióprayer rope
Czech čotky
  • čotkyprayer rope
French tchotki
  • tchotkiprayer rope
Greek κομποσκοίνι, κομβοσχοίνι
  • κομποσκοίνι (komposkoíni)prayer rope
  • κομβοσχοίνι (komvoschoíni)prayer rope
Italian corda di preghiera
  • corda di preghieraprayer rope
Japanese コンボスキニオン
  • コンボスキニオン (konbosukinion)prayer rope
Korean 기도매듭
  • 기도매듭 (gidomaedeup)prayer rope
Norwegian komboskini
  • komboskiniprayer rope
Polish czotki
  • czotkiprayer rope
Portuguese chotki, corda de oração
  • chotkiprayer rope
  • corda de oraçãoprayer rope
Romanian metanii, metanier
  • metaniiprayer rope
  • metanierprayer rope
Russian чётки, ве́рвица
  • чётки (čótki)prayer rope
  • ве́рвица (vérvica)prayer rope
Slovak čotky
  • čotkyprayer rope
Spanish cordón de oración
  • cordón de oraciónprayer rope
Ukrainian чо́тки, верви́ця
  • чо́тки (čótky)prayer rope
  • верви́ця (vervýcja)prayer rope
Vietnamese dây cầu nguyện
  • dây cầu nguyệnprayer rope
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