zineffa

Sicilian

Etymology

From Arabic صَنِيفَة (ṣanīfa), via Siculo-Arabic. Cognate with Spanish cenefa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ziˈnɛf.fa/
• Hyphenation: zi‧nèf‧fa

Noun

zineffa f (plural zineffi)

1. Overlapping or woven stripe on the edges of curtains, canopies, handkerchiefs, etc., of the same fabric and sometimes of a different one.
2. The rod that holds the door and window curtains

Related terms

• cutra
• cutraru
• finestra
• frazzata
• stènniri
• tenta

 

Descendants

• → Italian: zineffa

See also

• nzagareḍḍi
• zàgara