paisley

See also: Paisley

English

Persian silk brocade - paisley

Etymology

From Paisley in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪzli/

Noun

paisley (countable and uncountable, plural paisleys)

A motif of a swirling droplet.
A soft woollen fabric having this motif.

Synonyms

boteh
Persian pickle
Welsh pear

Translations

motif

Azerbaijani: buta
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
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Finnish: kašmirkuvio
French: motif cachemire m
German: Paisley n, Paisleymuster n
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: keongan
Japanese: ペーズリー (pēzurī)
Persian: بته جقه (fa) (botte jeqqe), سرو خمیده (sarv-e xamide)
Polish: paisley (pl) m
Russian: «туре́цкие огурцы́» m pl («turéckije ogurcý»)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Urdu: please add this translation if you can

fabric

Chinese:
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Finnish: kašmirkuvioinen kangas

Adjective

paisley (not comparable)

Made from this fabric, or marked with this design.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge:
  I shall be wearing a Paisley shawl with a red centre, and thus may easily be found.
- 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 173:
  He would be in his paisley silk dressing gown.

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