saffian

[ saf-ee-uhn ]

noun
  1. a leather made of goatskin or sheepskin, usually dyed in bright colors.

Origin of saffian

1
1585–95; <Russian safʾyán<Turkic (compare Turkish sahtiyan) <Persian sekhtiyān, akin to sekht hard, firm

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saffian

/ (ˈsæfɪən) /


noun
  1. leather tanned with sumach and usually dyed a bright colour

Origin of saffian

1
C16: via Russian and Turkish from Persian sakhtiyān goatskin, from sakht hard

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