دولبند

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From دول‎ (dol, dawl, “revolving”), borrowed from Arabic د و ر‎ (d-w-r, “circling”), + بند‎ (band, “band, tie”),[1] compare دوربند‎ (dorband, “band, belt”). Cognate with Northern Kurdish dorbend (“frame”).

Noun

دولبند • (dolband)[2][3]

  1. (archaic) turban, sash of a turban
    Synonyms: دستار‎ (dastâr), عمامه‎ ('ammâme), بست‎ (bast), ساره‎ (sâra)
  2. (archaic) diadem
    Synonyms: تاج‎ (tâj), دیهیم‎ (deyhim)
  3. (archaic) hat

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دلبند‎ (dülbend) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Nourai, Ali (2011), “Bhendh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages
  2. Johnson, Francis (1852), “دولبند”, in A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., pages 58
  3. Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “دولبند”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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