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

• zȁlf
• zȁf

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