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- Abrash Variation in a particular color resulting from the difference in dye lots.
- Anatolian A name loosely applied to all Turkish rugs.
- Ara-Khachi Middle or main stripe in the border (see Bala-Khachi)
- Aubusson A rug hand-woven in France, with a flat weave and pastel colors
- Baff Knot
- Bala-Khachi Small border strips on either side of the main border strip (see Ara-Khachi)
- Behbehlik Saddle bag or saddle cover
- Berdelik Wall hanging; silk rugs generally fit into this category
- Bid Manjum Weeping willow design, or a combination of weeping willow, cyprus and poplar trees.
- Cartoon A piece of graph-like paper on which the rug pattern has been drawn; as a guide in waving the rug, each square represents a single knot, the color of which is keyed to the color of the square.
- Cartouche A cloudlike enclosure which surrounds a date or an inscription woven into a rug
- Caucasian Refers to rugs woven in the Caucasus Mountain region. The patterns of these rugs are brightly colored, highly stylized and geometrical.
- Chuval A large storage bag (see Juval)
- Dasgah Loom
- Dozar Refers to carpets 4 by 6 feet in size
- Enessi Door (tent) drapery
- Fringe The loose ends of a carpet’s warp threads emerging from the upper and lower ends of the carpet; it may be either or plain.
- Ghali see Kellei
- Ghiordes Knot Turkish knot; the knot encircles both warp threads
- Gul Turkoman tribal emblem, which is unique to each tribe
- Guli Flower
- Guli Henna Pattern with small yellow plant shape set in rows with profuse flower forms uniting them in a diamond arrangement.
- Hammamlik Bath rug
- Harshang Crab design; pattern with large motifs similar to the Shah Abbas pattern which suggest a crab
- Hatch Flower
- Herati Pattern that consists of a rosette surrounded by four leaves or “fish”. The rosette is usually found inside a diamond shape (lozenge), although it need not be.
- Jufti Knot “false knot”; a modified Turkish or Persian knot, in which the weaver uses four warp threads per knot instead of two.
- Juval A tent bag (see Chuval)
- Keleyghi Small (5 by 10 to 6 by 12 feet) kellei used at the top of the Kellei Kenareh arrangement
- Kellei Large, rectangular (6 by 16 to 8 by 20 feet) carpet used at the center of a traditional Persian room arrangement. (Also called Ghali)
- Kenareh runners (3 by 16 to 4 by 20 feet) used on either side of the kellei.
- Kelim a pileless rug created by interweaving colored weft threads through the warp threads; or a finished terminal portion of a carpet falling between the pile and the fringes.
- Kiaba Refers to a rug approximately 5 1/2 by 9 feet in size.
- Lechai Corner design in a rug
- Lechek Torunj Ay design with corner and central medallions.
- Mafrash Large saddle bag
- Makatlik Long, narrow rugs; runners
- Metnih Main ground or field of a rug
- Mihrab Arch or niche of a prayer rug
- Mina Khani Design comprised of repeated floral motifs surrounded by four similar smaller flowers joined by vines to form a diamond arrangement.
- Mir-I-Boteh Design made of multiple rows of repeated boteh (pine cone or pears).
- Morgi “hen” pattern, an imaginative design resembling a chicken, which was originated by the Afshari tribe.
- Nagzh Pattern (Persian)
- Namazlik Namazi; prayer rug
- Odjaklik Hearth or fire rug
- Palas a Caucasian kelim
- Panel Design Design in which the field is divided into rectangular compartments, each of which encloses one or more motifs
- Patina the sheen acquired by the pile of the rug with age and use
- Perde refers to a rug approximately 5 by 9 feet in size
- Persian Knot Senna knot; a strand of wool encircles one warp thread and winds loosely around the other
- Pile nap of the rug; the clipped ends of the knotted wool
- Pushti Persian small mat or pillow cover, approximately 2 by 3 feet
- Saff “family” prayer rug that has multiple mihrabs in a series
- Savonnerie A rug hand-knotted in France with a thick, heavy pile and pastel colors.
- Sedjadeh Medium-sized carpet, approximately 7 to 10 feet in length
- Selvedge The sides of a carpet, which have been overcast with wool or cotton for reinforcement
- Senna Knot Persian knot; encircles one warp thread and winds loosely around the other
- Shah Abbas Patron of carpet-making (A.D. 1571-1629); also the pattern with an all-over design with various types of palmettes, cloudbands and vases interconnected by some form of stalk or tendril.
- SU Lines dividing the border stripes
- Talim A piece of paper on which the design of a carpet has been written out, knot by knot (Cf. cartoon)
- Tereh Design (Persian)
- Tevehr Band of solid color on the outside of a rug
- Tarbo Storage bag
- Turbehlik Grave carpet, spread over graves as those in the West spread flowers.