agate meaning in Pashto
عقيق
/ˈæɡ.ɪt/US/əˈɡeɪt/
agate in Pashto: عقيق. In English, agate means a semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
Pashto words for agate
- mineral
- عقيق
English meaning of agate
- noun A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
- noun The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.
- noun One fourteenth of an inch.
- noun A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Synonyms of agate
agate in other languages
Questions about agate in Pashto
- What is the meaning of agate in Pashto?
- Agate in Pashto is عقيق.
- agate په پښتو کې څه معنی لري؟
- Agate: عقيق.
- What does agate mean in English?
- Agate means a semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
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