It was served in small cups without handles (known as fincan), which were placed in holders known as zarf (from the Arabic word, meaning container, envelope) to protect the cup and also the fingers of the drinker from the hot fluid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle] Reference

I projeler dahilinde belirli zamanlar zarf? nda vatan?.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Blog A Lot] Reference

Why do I feel that Deborah Biancotti needs this on her wall? http://www.eblong.com/zarf/periodic/.    From Wordnik.com.  [Even in a little thing] Reference

This is a shortened version — okay, not that shortened — of an article I have posted at http://eblong.com/zarf/essays/ifdef.html.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why There Are No Great Video Game Critics (Yet) « Whatever] Reference

(not to be confused with “The Periodic Table of Dessert”: http://www. eblong.com/zarf/periodic/closeup. html).    From Wordnik.com.  [Yet another T-shirt to get | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"] Reference

— zarf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reactions: Defusing a Koran Shooting in Iraq - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

She started up at a gust of more appalling volume, rubbing her eyes, with dishevelled hair (it must have been about midnight), listening a minute, with that demure, droll interest of hers, to the noise of the elements, and then smiled to me; rose then, left the room, and presently returned with a pomegranate and some almonds on a plate, also some delicious old sweet wine in a Samian cruche, and an old silver cup, gilt inside, standing in a zarf.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Purple Cloud] Reference