sofa

A firm sofa

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To furnish with one or more sofas.
  • To seat or lay down on a sofa.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة ("a long seat made of stone or brick") or Aramaic צפא/ܨܦܬܐ. Cognate with or derived from Aramaic צפא/ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Iberia.

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