zarf

English

Three zarfs holding small cups

Alternative forms

• zarph

Etymology

Likely from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Noun

zarf (plural zarfs)

1. An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.

Albanian

zarf

Etymology

Likely from Ottoman Turkish ظرف, ulitmately from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf, “container”).

Noun

zarf m (plural zarfe, definite zarfi, definite plural zarfet)

1. envelope

Declension

Declension of zarf

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zarf	zarfi	zarfe	zarfet
accusative		zarfin
dative	zarfi	zarfit	zarfeve	zarfeve
ablative			zarfesh

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “zarf”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “zarf”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zarf/

Noun

zarf n (plural zarfuri)

1. (obsolete) metal support for a teacup

Declension

Declension of zarf

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zarf	zarful		zarfuri	zarfurile
genitive-dative	zarf	zarfului		zarfuri	zarfurilor
vocative	zarfule			zarfurilor

References

• zarf in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• zarf in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• zȁlf, zȁf

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zârf/

Noun

zȁrf m (Cyrillic spelling за̏рф)

1. zarf
2. envelope
3. armor, cover

Declension

Declension of zarf

	singular	plural
nominative	zarf	zarfovi
genitive	zarfa	zarfova
dative	zarfu	zarfovima
accusative	zarf	zarfove
vocative	zarfe	zarfovi
locative	zarfu	zarfovima
instrumental	zarfom	zarfovima

References

• “zarf”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 647

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf, “container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaɾf/

• Audio:

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Noun

zarf (definite accusative zarfı, plural zarflar)

1. envelope
2. (grammar) adverb

   Synonym: belirteç

Declension

Declension of zarf

	singular	plural
nominative	zarf	zarflar
definite accusative	zarfı	zarfları
dative	zarfa	zarflara
locative	zarfta	zarflarda
ablative	zarftan	zarflardan
genitive	zarfın	zarfların

Derived terms

• zarflamak

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zarf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük