zarf

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Yeh log toh hameshaa hii aallah-zarf log rahe hain (people of higher intelect), how can we imagine to put ourselves at a higher level vis-a-vis them and do the critiqing on them because we can do critiqing on another person only when we are at a level which is "one plus" the person we are attempting to criticise.

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  1. noun A chalicelike holder for a hot coffee cup, typically made of ornamented metal, used in the Middle East.

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  • Yeh log toh hameshaa hii aallah-zarf log rahe hain (people of higher intelect), how can we imagine to put ourselves at a higher level vis-a-vis them and do the critiqing on them because we can do critiqing on another person only when we are at a level which is "one plus" the person we are attempting to criticise. —  Kafila
  • i projeler dahilinde belirli zamanlar zarf? nda vatan? —  We Blog A Lot
  • She started up at a gust of more appalling volume, rubbing her eyes, with dishevelled hair (it must have been about midnight), listening a minute, with that demure, droll interest of hers, to the noise of the elements, and then smiled to me; rose then, left the room, and presently returned with a pomegranate and some almonds on a plate, also some delicious old sweet wine in a Samian cruche, and an old silver cup, gilt inside, standing in a zarf. —  The Purple Cloud
 

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  1. Arabic ẓarf, container.

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  1. Also zurf; from Arabic zarf, a vessel, a case.
 

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