moff

See also: Moff

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Akin to the synonymous Georgian მოვი (movi), Armenian մով (mov) and Persian [script needed] (mov), the latter attested ca. 1540 in ʿAlamara-ye Shah Tahmasp in the phrase [script needed] (alecheh-ye mov kar-e Hend, “mov-alacha made in India”). Note further Tajik мовут (movut), Uzbek movut (“broadcloth”).

Noun

moff (uncountable)

1. (archaic) A thin silk material made in the Caucasus.

Further reading

• “moff”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Floor, Willem (1999) The Persian Textile Industry in Historical Perspective: 1500–1925 (Moyen-Orient et Océan Indien, XVIe-XIXe siècles; 11)‎^[1], Paris: Société d'Histoire de l'Orient – L'Harmattan, pages 177, 132