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zettani
zettani
Italian
Noun
zettani
(
obsolete
)
Alternative form of
setino
:
satin
.
1878
,
Henry Yule
, "
Chinchew
" in the
Encyclopædia Britannica
, 9th ed.
,
Vol. V
,
p. 673
:
Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called
Zaitûniya
; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word
Satin
,—
Zettani
in mediæval Italian,
Aceytuni
in Spanish.
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