tahalí

Meaning

1. (masculine) belt or sheath for a sword
2. (historical, masculine) reliquary; small case (for soldiers to carry a mushaf)

Concepts

baldric

girdle

Translations

Wehrgehänge

baudrier

bandelier

Hyphenated as

ta‧ha‧lí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taaˈli/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَهْلِيل (tahlīl), whose original meaning of 'cheer' or 'praise' was applied first to the wooden boxes that Muslims used to carry their mushafs in and, then, to the straps used to cinch such boxes to their torsos.