Serbo-Croatian edit

 
A đerđef with an embroidery

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گركف (gerkef), from Persian کارگاه (kârgâh).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑěrd͡ʑef/
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  • Hyphenation: đer‧đef

Noun edit

đèrđef m (Cyrillic spelling ђѐрђеф)

  1. (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) embroidery hoop
    • 1955, Hamid Dizdar, Narodne pripovijetke iz Bosne i Hercegovine: Bajke, Narodna prosvjeta, page 55:
      To caru mučno bilo i on sazove kujundžibašu i zapita ga, bi li koji kujundžija umio takav đerđef namjestiti.
      That was arduous to the emperor and he summoned the main smith, and asked him if there is a smith who could set up such a đerđef.
    • 1970, Tvrtko Čubelić, Narodne pripovijetke: Izbor tekstova s komentarima i objašnjenjima i rasprava o narodnim pripovijetkama, Usmena narodna književnost, page 69:
      Jer je ovo drvo sviju vila, ispod njega se kupe ljeti te na đerđef vezu.
      Because this is the tree of all the fairies, they gather below it in Summer and embroider on the đerđef.

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