Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Persian زیلو (zilu, zêlu, zaylu).

Noun edit

زیلو (zilu)

  1. a type of Persian carpet with a checkerboard pattern

References edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

زیلو (zilu, zêlu, zaylu)

  1. a type of blanket or carpet

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زیلو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زیلو”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 172a