zarfzurfn.
/zɑːf/ /zɜːf/ A cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee-cup, used in the Levant, usually of metal and of ornamental design.
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1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. v. 168 The coffee-cup.., being without a handle, is placed within another cup (called zurf).
1854 R. Curzon Armenia 80 One brought coffee on a tray..and then came a man bringing to each of us a cup, well frothed up, and in a zarf, or outer cup.
1978 Times 2 May 13/3 (caption) A diamond and emerald zarf, mounted in gold and silver, 19th century, 6·5 cm high.
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