জোলফ

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زلف (zulf).

Noun

জোলফ (jōloph)

1. 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

• Bengali: জুলফি (julphi)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 336.