zarf
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
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- 16
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Definition of zarf
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup or teacup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.
“In presenting the coffee, the servant holds the foot of the zarf with his thumb and first finger. In receiving the fingán and zarf, he makes use of both hands, place the left beneath and the right above at the same instant.”
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Etymology
Likely borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظَرْف (zarf), ultimately from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf). Also influenced by Classical Persian ظَرْف (zarf) and Hindustani (Hindi ज़र्फ़ (zarf) / Urdu ظَرْف (zarf)).
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