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Sicilian
Etymology
From Arabic صَنِيفَة (ṣanīfa), via Siculo-Arabic. Cognate with Spanish cenefa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ziˈnɛf.fa/
- Hyphenation: zi‧nèf‧fa
Noun
zineffa f (plural zineffi)
- Overlapping or woven stripe on the edges of curtains, canopies, handkerchiefs, etc., of the same fabric and sometimes of a different one.
- The rod that holds the door and window curtains
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