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Chalipa (cross) چلیپا
Chalipa is Persian for a cross; Dehkhoda's dictionary defines the word simply as 'a cross'. Persian carpet scholarship uses it for cross-shaped motifs: a 2021 study of Armenian-pattern carpets from Kharaqan, in Qazvin province, names the chalipa among their leading motifs and lists a cross medallion (toranj-e chalipa) among their common designs.
Also Chelipa · Chalipa lattice · toranj-e chalipa · cross medallion
See also Lattice, Medallion (toranj), Baluch, Afshar
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