Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

за̏рф m (Latin spelling zȁrf)

  1. zarf
  2. envelope
  3. armor, cover

Declension edit

References edit

  • зарф” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 647

Tajik edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Noun edit

Dari ظرف
Iranian Persian
Tajik зарф

зарф (zarf) (plural зарфён or зуруф)

  1. dish
  2. container
  3. vessel
  4. (grammar) article