دلبند

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Noun

دلبند (dülbend)

  1. muslin, any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth
  2. kind of gauzy cotton used in the production of turbans
  3. cheesecloth, a loosely woven cotton gauze used to wrap cheese

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Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

From دل (del, heart) + بند (band-), بستن (bastan). See also دل بستن (del bastan, to love).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? dilband
Dari reading? dilband
Iranian reading? delband
Tajik reading? dilband

Adjective

دلبند (delband)[1]

  1. beloved

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? dulband
Dari reading? dulband
Iranian reading? dolband
Tajik reading? dulband

Noun

دلبند (dolband)[1]

  1. Alternative form of دولبند (dolband, turban, diadem, hat)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دلبند”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul