জোলফ

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zulf).

Noun

জোলফ (jōloph)

locks of hair
- 1813, জয়নারায়ণ ঘোষাল [Jaynarayan Ghoshal], করুণানিধানবিলাস [Karuṇānidhānavilāsa]:
  জোলফে লটকে ঝারা অতি মোনহর.
  jōlophe loṭke jhara oti mōnhor.
  From (her) locks dangles a tassel looking nice.

Descendants

Bengali: জুলফি (julphi)

Further reading

Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 336.

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