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saffian

[saf-ee-uhn]

noun

a leather made of goatskin or sheepskin, usually dyed in bright colors.

Origin:
1585–95; < Russian safʾyán < Turkic (compare Turkish sahtiyan) < Persian sekhtiyān, akin to sekht hard, firm

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saffian (ˈsæfɪən)

—n
	leather tanned with sumach and usually dyed a bright colour

[C16: via Russian and Turkish from Persian sakhtiyān goatskin, from sakht hard]

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