’igmah (Arabic: ’iqmah: button, pl: ’iqam), ball-shaped button made of twisted cotton thread, that fastens garments by looping it through a cotton thread eyelet (ghirmah). The letter [qāf] turns to [ga] in many colloquial Arab dialects.
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