Zarf
/zɑɹf/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup or teacup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.
"In presenting the coffee, the servant holds the foot of the zarf with his thumb and first finger. In receiving the fingán and zarf, he makes use of both hands, place the left beneath and the right above at the same instant."
- 2 an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup wordnet
Example
More examples"In presenting the coffee, the servant holds the foot of the zarf with his thumb and first finger. In receiving the fingán and zarf, he makes use of both hands, place the left beneath and the right above at the same instant."
Etymology
Likely from Ottoman Turkish ظرف (zarf), from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).