Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saffian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
saf-fi-an
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leather made from goatskins or sheepskins which is tanned with sumac and then brightly dyed.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Russian сафья́н (safʹján).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: сафья́н

Usage

Inflected Forms

saffians (plural)

Questions

What does saffian mean?
A leather made from goatskins or sheepskins which is tanned with sumac and then brightly dyed.
Where does saffian come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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