different between scarf vs bandana

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sk??f/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sk???f/
• Rhymes: -??(?)f

Etymology 1

Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”)). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.

Noun

scarf (plural scarves or scarfs)

1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
2. A headscarf.
3. (dated) A neckcloth or cravat.

Derived terms

• infinity scarf
• Möbius scarf

Descendants

• ? Welsh: sgarff

Translations

Verb

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
   • 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2:

     My sea-gown scarfed about me.

2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”).

Noun

scarf (plural scarfs)

1. A type of joint in woodworking.
2. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
3. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.

Synonyms

• muffler

Translations

Verb

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

1. To shape by grinding.
2. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
3. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

Etymology 3

Generally thought to be a variant, attested since the 1950s, of scoff (“eat (quickly)”) (of which scorf is another attested variant), itself a variant of scaff. Sometimes alternatively suggested to be a dialectal survival of Old English scearfian, sceorfan (“gnaw, bite”) (compare scurf).

Verb

scarf (third-person singular simple present scarfs, present participle scarfing, simple past and past participle scarfed)

1. (transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.

   Synonym: (UK) scoff

Derived terms

• scarf down

Translations

Etymology 4

From Old Norse skarfr.

Noun

scarf (plural scarfs)

1. (Scotland) A cormorant.

References

• scarf in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• carfs, fracs

Old High German

Alternative forms

• scarph

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, whence also Old Saxon skarp, Old English scearp, Old Norse skarpr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Adjective

scarf

1. sharp

Descendants

• Middle High German: scharpf
  • Alemannic German: scharpf
  • Bavarian: scharf
  • Central Franconian: schärp, scharp
  • German: scharf
  • Hunsrik: schaaref
  • Luxembourgish: schaarf
  • Yiddish: ?????? (sharf)

English

Alternative forms

• bandanna
• bandanno
• bandannoe (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ????? (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit ??????? (badhn?ti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi ?????? (b?ndhn?, “to tie”). Doublet of bind.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bæn?dæn.?/
• Rhymes: -æn?
• Hyphenation: ban?dan?a

Noun

bandana (plural bandanas)

1. A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

Derived terms

• abandannaad
• bandanaed
• bandana code
• bandana of the Everglades
• bandana thrash

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: bandana
• ? Italian: bandana
• ? Japanese: ???? (bandana)
• ? Portuguese: bandana
• ? Russian: ??????? (bandana)

Translations

See also

• bandana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Afrikaans

Etymology

From English bandana, borrowed from Hindi ????? (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit ??????? (badhn?ti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to bind, bond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banda.na/
• Hyphenation: banda?na

Noun

bandana (plural bandanas)

1. bandana

Indonesian

Etymology

From English bandana, from Hindi ????? (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit ??????? (badhn?ti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to bind, bond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ban?da.na]
• Hyphenation: ban?da?na

Noun

bandana (first-person possessive bandanaku, second-person possessive bandanamu, third-person possessive bandananya)

1. bandana.

Further reading

• “bandana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

bandana f (plural bandane)

1. bandana

Polish

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit ??????? (badhn?ti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to bind, bond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban?da.na/

Noun

bandana f (diminutive bandanka)

1. kerchief, bandana

Declension

Further reading

• bandana in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bandana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??na

Noun

bandana f (plural bandanas)

1. bandana (piece of cloth worn as headgear)