saraband
Meaninga head-band
Common meaning: a slow stately dance
- sarabanda head-bandSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 525 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Persian sarband ‘a head-band’.
Roots
- sarband Persian “a head-band”
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