زعف

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَعَف (saʕaf), with an irregular change of s > z.

Noun

زعف • (zaʔaf) m (collective, singulative زعفاي f (zaʔafāy))

1. palm leaves

References

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 156
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien ~ Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 1331