The story
- Arabic · derived fromظَرْف“dish, container”
- Turkish · derived fromzarf
- English todayzarph
From Turkish zarf, from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf, “dish, container”). See also zarf.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A highly decorated and bejewelled Turkish tea cup. Full definition →