Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic ظَرَافَة (ẓarāfa).

Noun

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ظرافت (zarafet)

  1. grace, elegance

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: zarafet

Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zarafet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ظرافت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 830a