জোলফ
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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.