Nokhodi نخودی

Nokhodi (نخودی) is Persian for chickpea-coloured. Dehkhoda defines it as a colour like the chickpea, a pale yellow. In rug descriptions it names a pale yellow ground or detail. It names the colour, not the dye.

Also nakhodi · nokhodi colour · chickpea colour · chickpea beige

See also Shotori, Undyed wool (khodrang)

Last reviewed November 2026