moff

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English

Etymology

Uncertain. Akin to the synonymous Georgian მოვი (movi), Armenian մով (mov) and Persian (mov), the latter attested ca. 1540 in ʿAlamara-ye Shah Tahmasp in the phrase (alecheh-ye mov kar-e Hend, “mov-alacha made in India”). Note further Tajik мовут (movut), Uzbek movut (“broadcloth”).

Noun

moff (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A thin silk material made in the Caucasus.

Further reading

  • “moff”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • Floor, Willem (1999) The Persian Textile Industry in Historical Perspective: 1500–1925 (Moyen-Orient et Océan Indien, XVIe-XIXe siècles; 11)‎, Paris: Société d'Histoire de l'Orient – L'Harmattan, pages 177, 132
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