Urdu Dictionary

زنار zunnār

A زنار zunnār [prob. fr. Gr. ζωνάρη, or ζωνάριον], s.f.(m.?), Waist-cord, belt (particularly a cord worn round the middle by the Eastern Christians and Jews, and also by the Persian Magi); the Brahmanical or sacred thread (syn. janeʼū, q.v.);—a Hindū rosary:—zunnār-dār, adj. & s.m. Belted, having on the sacred thread;—one who wears the sacred thread;—a Brāhman:—zunnār-poshī, s.f. Investiture with the Brāhmanical thread.