دولبند

دولبند

Persian

Alternative forms

• دلبند‎ (dolband)

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), دولبند‎ (dülbent, tülbent), تولبند‎ (tülbent)
  • Turkish: tülbent (“muslin, cheesecloth”)
  • → Dutch: tulband (“turban”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Italian: turbante (turban) (see there for further descendants)
  • → New Latin: tulipan, tulipa (“tulip”)
    • French: tulipe, tulipan (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