زربفت
Persian
editAlternative forms
edit- زرباف (zarbâf)
Etymology
editFrom زر (zar, “gold”) + بافت (bâft, “woven”).
Noun
editزربفت • (zarbaft)
Descendants
edit- → Middle Armenian: զարպապ (zarpap), զարբաբ (zarbab), զարբաֆ (zarbaf)
- → Azerbaijani: zərbaft, zərbaf
- → Ottoman Turkish: زربفت (zerbeft), زرباف (zerbaf)
Further reading
edit- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زر باف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 612