سفره

See also: شفرة and سفرة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سفره (sofre, “tablecloth”), itself from Arabic سُفْرَة (sufra, “victuals”).

Noun

سفره • (sofra) (plural سفر)

  1. meal set out on a cloth or tray
  2. travelling food-wallet that can be spread out
  3. tablecloth, a cloth used to cover a table
    Synonym: دستار (destar)
  4. wooden or metal tray serving as a dining table

Derived terms
  • سفره‌جی (sofracı, “butler”)
  • سفره‌لق (sofralık, “anything serving for a dining-table”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: sofra
  • → Albanian: sofër
  • → Aromanian: sufrã, sofrã
  • → Bulgarian: софра́ (sofrá)
  • → Crimean Tatar: sofra
  • → Laz: სოჶრა (sofra)
  • → Romanian: sofra
  • → Serbo-Croatian: sȍfra, sȍpra, sȍvra

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سُفْرَة (sufra, “victuals; table, especially for eating”). Displaced native خوان (xân). Cheung speculates it is from a root meaning to make up "beautify"[1]

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? sufra
Dari reading? sufra
Iranian reading? sofre
Tajik reading? sufra
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Noun
Dari سفره
Iranian Persian
Tajik суфра

سفره • (sofre) (plural سفره‌ها (sofre-hâ))

  1. tablecloth
    Synonyms: خوان (xân), خوانپایه (xânpâya)

Derived terms
  • ته سفره (tah sofre)
  • سفره عقد (sofre 'aqd)
  • سفره ماهی (sofre mâhi)
  • سفره‌خانه (sofre-xâne, “restaurant”)

Descendants

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
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