papouch

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• babouche — [ babuʃ ] n. f. • 1727; papouch 1546; ar. bâboûch, du persan ♦ Pantoufle de cuir sans quartier ni talon, servant de chaussure dans les pays d Islam. « Le Turc partit en traînant majestueusement ses babouches » (Chateaubriand). Cette pantoufle… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …   Wikipedia

• papoosh — pəˈpüsh, päˈ noun ( es) Etymology: earlier papouch, from French, from Persian pāpūsh : babouche …   Useful english dictionary