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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from vulgar Ottoman Turkish فافوری (fafuri) (vs. standard فغفوری (fağfuri, “emperor of China; china”)),[1] from Persian فغفور (fağfur).
Pronunciation
Noun
farfurie f (plural farfurii)
- plate
- (obsolete) porcelain
Declension
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References
- ^ Emil Suciu, “Contacts linguistiques : turc et roumain”, Romanische Sprachgeschichte: Ein internationales Handbuch zur Geschichte der romanischen Sprachen, vol. 2, eds. Gerhard Ernst et al. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2006), 1673-6.