zarzahán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَرْدَخَان (zardaḵān) via Andalusian Arabic, of Persian origin.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

zarzahán m (plural zarzahanes)

  1. A type of thin silk fabric, similar to taffeta, characterized by colored stripes.

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1991), “zarzahán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 856

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