خزف

Arabic

خَزَف

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܶܙܦܳܐ (ḵezəpā), ܚܶܨܦܳܐ (ḵeṣəpā, piece of pottery), related to ܚܰܙܽܘܦܳܐ (ḵazūpa, rough), which is a phono-semantic matching of Hittite 𒂁 (ḫarši-, pottery vessel). The Aramaic root is related to حَصَفَ (ḥaṣafa, to twist a rope strongly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χa.zaf/

Noun

خَزَف (ḵazaf) m

  1. earthenware, ceramic, pottery

Declension

Derived terms

  • خَزَفِيّ (ḵazafiyy, earthen)

References

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