mohair

English

Etymology

Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiaro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَارَ (ḵāra, “to choose”). Form probably influenced by hair. Compare mockado, moire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməʊhɛə/

Noun

mohair (countable and uncountable, plural mohairs)

1. Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
2. The long, fine hair of the Angora goat.

Translations

fine hair of the Angora goat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬海毛／马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo), 马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)

• Czech: mohér
• Estonian: mohäär
• Japanese: モヘア (mohea)
• Ottoman Turkish: تفتك (tiftik)
• Persian: موهر (fa) (moher)
• Polish: moher (pl)
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• Portuguese: mohair m
• Russian: мохе́р (ru) m (moxér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мохер m, тифтик m

  Roman: moher (sh) m, tiftik (sh) m

• Spanish: mohair m
• Turkish: tiftik (tr), moher (tr)

Anagrams

• Mahori, Moriah

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French

Noun

mohair m (plural mohairs)

1. mohair

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Portuguese

Noun

mohair m (uncountable)

1. mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat)

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Spanish

Noun

mohair m (plural mohaires)

1. mohair