Where does “zift” come from?

zift (Turkish) comes from Arabic زفت, from Arabic زِفْت.

zift (Turkish): pitch, a dark and viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar

Definitions

  1. pitch, a dark and viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar

Ancestry of “zift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزفتpitch, tar, latex, asphalt; to smear pitch onto
2Arabicزِفْت—
Every word from Arabic زِفْت →Every word from Arabic زفت →