زربفت

Persian

Alternative forms

زرباف (zarbâf)

Etymology

(zar, “gold”) +‎ (bâft, “woven”).

Noun

زربفت • (zarbaft)

brocade

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: զարպապ (zarpap), զարբաբ (zarbab), զարբաֆ (zarbaf)
- Armenian: զարբաբ (zarbab), զառբաբ (zaṙbab), զառբաֆ (zaṙbaf), զարբաֆ (zarbaf), զարպաֆ (zarpaf)
→ Azerbaijani: zərbaft, zərbaf
→ Ottoman Turkish: زربفت (zerbeft), زرباف (zerbaf)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زر باف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 612

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