Kamseh Kordjin - a 19th century book cover from Iran.
Hali, the modern Turkish word for carpet or rug was written kali in Ottoman Turkish script until late in the 18th Century, as it was in classical Persian and still in modern Persian. It was borrowed from Persian into Urdu and from Ottoman Turkish into Armenian and other Caucasian languages of the Balkans. Its ultimate origin is uncertain; it could be Turkish but might be Sogdian.
HALI’s textile, mainly Middle-Eastern, collection is the greatest I’ve found yet. They also have a pretty renowned quarterly publication. Why aren’t you all available online???? Sob.
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chotai said:
i thought the word is kilim
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