Zaffer Definition

zafər
noun
A mixture of impure oxides of cobalt, used in making smalt and as a blue pigment in ceramic glazes, glassmaking, etc.
Webster's New World

Alternative form of zaffre.

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Noun

Singular:
zaffer
Plural:
zaffers

Origin of Zaffer

  • Italian zaffera from Old French safre perhaps alteration of safir sapphire sapphire or from Arabic ṭufr yellow copper, brass from ’aṭfar yellow ṭpr2 in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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