ديباج

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dypʾk' /dēbāg/, “brocade”). See Classical Persian دیبا‎ (dēbā) for more.

• IPA^(key): /diː.baːd͡ʒ/

دِيبَاج • (dībāj) m (collective, singulative دِيبَاجَة‎ f (dībāja), plural دَبَابِيج‎ (dabābīj))

1. silk brocade
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 78:246:

     ‏وَنَهَانَا عَنْ سَبْعٍ، عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ ـ أَوْ قَالَ حَلْقَةِ الذَّهَبِ ـ وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ، وَٱلدِّيبَاجِ، وَٱلسُّنْدُسِ، وَٱلْمَيَاثِرِ‏.‏‎

     wanahānā ʕan sabʕin, ʕan ḵātami ḏ-ḏahabi - ʔaw qāla ḥalqati ḏ-ḏahabi - waʕan lubsi l-ḥarīri, wad-dībāji, was-sundusi, wal-mayāṯiri.

     And he forbade us seven things: to wear golden signets – or golden rings –, to wear silk, silk brocade, fine silk or silk saddle-pillows.

2. (figurative) spruce decoration, brilliant fashion, beauty

• دَبَّجَ‎ (dabbaja, “to adorn, to embellish; to express in a splendid manner”, verb)
• تَدَبَّجَ‎ (tadabbaja, “to adorn oneself well”, verb)
• دَبَّاج‎ m (dabbāj, “trader of silk brocades”, noun)
• دِيبَاجِيّ‎ m (dībājiyy, “trader of silk brocades”, noun)

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