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noun
A thin silk material made in the Caucasus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
A moth.
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Usage: endearing, informal
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History
Uncertain. Akin to the synonymous Georgian მოვი (movi), Armenian մով (mov) and Persian [script needed] (mov), the latter attested ca. 1540 in ʿAlamara-ye Shah Tahmasp in the phrase [script needed] (alecheh-ye mov kar-e Hend, “mov-alacha made in India”). Note further Tajik мовут (movut), Uzbek movut (“broadcloth”).
Mutation of moth
