دلبند

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Noun

دلبند • (dülbend)

  1. muslin, any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth
  2. kind of gauzy cotton used in the production of turbans
  3. cheesecloth, a loosely woven cotton gauze used to wrap cheese

Derived terms

  • دلبند آغاسی (dülbend ağası, valet who had charge of the muslins)
  • دلبند لاله (dülbend lale, white tulip)
  • دلبندجی (dülbendci, seller of muslins)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tülbent (muslin, cheesecloth)
  • Albanian: dylben
  • Armenian: թիւլպէնտ (tʻiwlpēnt), տիւլպէնտ (tiwlpēnt), դո̈ւլբա̈նդ (dülbänd)
  • Dutch: tulband (turban) (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: turbante (turban) (see there for further descendants)
  • New Latin: tulipan, tulipa (tulip)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

From دل (del, heart) + بند (band-), بستن (bastan). See also دل بستن (del bastan, to love).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dilband
Dari reading? dilband
Iranian reading? delband
Tajik reading? dilband

Adjective

دلبند • (delband)[1]

  1. beloved

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dulband
Dari reading? dulband
Iranian reading? dolband
Tajik reading? dulband

Noun

دلبند • (dolband)[1]

  1. alternative form of دولبند (dolband, turban, diadem, hat)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دلبند”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul