Willem M. Floor
Articles by Willem M. Floor
- COBALT
COBALT (sang-e lājavard “blue stone,” also applied to lapis lazuli and ultramarine; lājavard-e kāšī “ceramic blue”; lājavard-e solaymānī “Solaymān blue”),…
- COAL
COAL (zoḡāl-e sang), carbonized organic material used as a solid fuel. Although Persia and Afghanistan are rich in coal deposits…
- ČARM
ČARM (Av. čarəman-, OPers. čarman-, Khot. tcārman-, etc.; see Bailey, Dictionary, p. 140), skin, hide, and leather, which have had…