paisley

paisley

See also: Paisley

English

Persian silk brocade - paisley

Etymology

From Paisley in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪzli/

Noun

paisley (countable and uncountable, plural paisleys)

1. A motif of a swirling droplet.
2. A soft woollen fabric having this motif.

Synonyms

• boteh
• Persian pickle
• Welsh pear

Translations

motif

Azerbaijani: buta Bengali: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kašmirkuvio French: motif cachemire m German: Paisley n, Paisleymuster n Hindi: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: keongan Japanese: ペーズリー (pēzurī) Persian: بته جقه‎ (fa) (botte jeqqe), سرو خمیده‎ (sarv-e xamide) Polish: paisley (pl) m Russian: «туре́цкие огурцы́» m pl (“turéckije ogurcý”) Tamil: please add this translation if you can Urdu: please add this translation if you can

fabric

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kašmirkuvioinen kangas

Adjective

paisley (not comparable)

1. Made from this fabric, or marked with this design.
   • 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge:

     I shall be wearing a Paisley shawl with a red centre, and thus may easily be found.

   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 173:

     He would be in his paisley silk dressing gown.