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zarf

zarf

English

Noun

zarf (plural zarfs)

  1. An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (compare Turkish zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf, container).

Noun

zarf ?

  1. envelope

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (zarf) (compare Turkish zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zârf/

Noun

zȁrf m (Cyrillic spelling за̏рф)

  1. zarf
  2. envelope
  3. armor, cover

Declension

References

  • zarf” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 647

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zaɾf]

Noun

zarf (definite accusative zarfı, plural zarflar)

  1. envelope
  2. adverb

Declension