জোলফ

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زلف‎ (zulf).

Noun

জোলফ (jolôphô)

  1. locks of hair
    1813, জয়নারায়ণ ঘোষাল [Jaynarayan Ghoshal], করুণানিধানবিলাস [Karuṇānidhānavilāsa]:
    জোলফে লটকে ঝারা অতি মোনহর.
    jolôphe lôṭke jhara ôti monôhôrô.
    From (her) locks dangles a tassel looking nice.

Descendants
  • Bengali: জুলফি (julophi)

Further reading
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 336.
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