(Igor Sklar) wrote in message . com...
There is another Polish/Russian word which has veery distant Chinese roots:

Pol. farfura ('porcelain'), Russ. farfor
- Turk. farfur - Pers/Arab fagfur

at least in ottoman turkish it is fag~fur (not farfur).
in modern turkish it is confined to fine porcelain and
not the commercial variety.

perso-arabic is fa*gh*fu:r (modern usage is similar to
modern turkish).

('a Chinese province, a title of Chinese emperor')
- Old Pers. bagapura, translated from
Chin. tien-tse ('son of Heaven') [Vasmer, IV, 186-187]

What Chinese province was known to Persians as Fagfur?
Was it famous for its porcelain?

thanks