qishta

Definition

bow; (weaponry, archery) bow; arc; (geometry) arc; edge connecting two vertices; (graph theory) edge connecting two vertices; electric arc; (physics) electric arc; bow, as used with string instruments; (music) bow, as used with string instruments; arch, archway; (architecture, masonry) arch, archway; breve diacritic mark placed beneath a consonant to indicate its softened pronunciation; written under the letter pē changing sound from /p/ to /f/; (orthography) breve diacritic mark placed beneath a consonant to indicate its softened pronunciation; written under the letter bēṯ changing sound from /b/ to /v/; parentheses, brackets; (typography, chiefly in the plural) parentheses, brackets