zarf

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English

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Three ornate cups in a row
Three zarfs holding small cups

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Noun

zarf (plural zarfs)

  1. An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.

Albanian

zarf

Etymology

Likely from Ottoman Turkish ظرف, ulitmately from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf, “container”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

zarf m (plural zarfe, definite zarfi, definite plural zarfet)

  1. envelope

Declension

Declension of zarf
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zarf zarfi zarfe zarfet
accusative zarfin
dative zarfi zarfit zarfeve zarfeve
ablative zarfesh

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
  • “zarf”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “zarf”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf).

Pronunciation

Noun

zarf n (plural zarfuri)

  1. (obsolete) metal support for a teacup

Declension

Declension of zarf
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative zarf zarful zarfuri zarfurile
genitive-dative zarf zarfului zarfuri zarfurilor
vocative zarfule zarfurilor

References

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

Noun

zȁrf m (Cyrillic spelling за̏рф)

  1. zarf
  2. envelope
  3. armor, cover

Declension

Declension of zarf
singular plural
nominative zarf zarfovi
genitive zarfa zarfova
dative zarfu zarfovima
accusative zarf zarfove
vocative zarfe zarfovi
locative zarfu zarfovima
instrumental zarfom zarfovima

References

  • “zarf”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 647

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf, “container”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaɾf/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

zarf (definite accusative zarfı, plural zarflar)

  1. envelope
  2. (grammar) adverb
    Synonym: belirteç

Declension

Declension of zarf
singular plural
nominative zarf zarflar
definite accusative zarfı zarfları
dative zarfa zarflara
locative zarfta zarflarda
ablative zarftan zarflardan
genitive zarfın zarfların

Derived terms

References

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