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rikāb, vulg. rakāb (v.n. of ركب 'to ride, mount,' etc.;—used in Persian with amplification of signification), s.f. A stirrup;—train, equipage, retinue, cavalcade;—a catch word at the bottom of a page (to indicate the first word of the following page);—a tall and eight-sided goblet, a goblet, bowl; a dish, plate (=rikābī):—rikāb-dār, s.m. A stirrup-holder, a servant who runs at the stirrup (of a great man), an attendant, a groom;—a cup-bearer;—keeper of the dishes, pantry-man, steward, butler;—a manufacturer and vender of preserves, pickies, and the like:—rikāb-duwālor diwāl, s.f. Stirrup-leather:—pā-ba-rikāb, adv. 'With foot in stirrup,' ready to start:—ham-rikāb, adv. In attendance (on, -ke); in company (with), along (with).
Origin: Arabic