zift

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زفت (zift, “pitch, tar”), from Arabic زِفْت (zift, “pitch, tar”).^[1]

zift m

1. tar

   Synonyms: serë, bitum

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zift

1. inflection of ziften:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زفت (zift, “pitch, tar”), from Arabic زِفْت (zift, “pitch, tar”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzift/

zift (definite accusative zifti, plural ziftler)

1. (geology) pitch, a dark and viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar

   Synonym: karasakız

• “zift”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “zift”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zift”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5482
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zift”, in Nişanyan Sözlük