tahalí

== Spanish == === 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. Distant doublet of aleluya. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taaˈli/ [t̪a.aˈli] Rhymes: -i Syllabification: ta‧ha‧lí === Noun === tahalí m (plural tahalíes or tahalís) belt or sheath for a sword Synonyms: tiracuello, charpa (historical) reliquary; small case (for soldiers to carry a mushaf) === Further reading === “tahalí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025