জোলফ
Middle Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian زلف (zulf).
Noun edit
জোলফ (jōloph)
- locks of hair
- 1813, জয়নারায়ণ ঘোষাল [Jaynarayan Ghoshal], করুণানিধানবিলাস [Karuṇānidhānavilāsa]:
- জোলফে লটকে ঝারা অতি মোনহর.
- jōlophe loṭke jhara oti mōnhor.
- From (her) locks dangles a tassel looking nice.
Descendants edit
- Bengali: জুলফি (julphi)
Further reading edit
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 336.