What do you call the cardboard sleeve that goes over a paper cup to keep your hand from getting too hot? A San Antonio, Texas, listener knows that the technical term for this sleeve is zarf, a word that comes from Arabic, originally denoting an...
A good Scrabble find: zarf is a cup holder, from Arabic. The small cup that sits inside the zarf is a fingen, another handy tile rack winner. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “What Goes in a “Zarf”? A “Finjan”” Grant...