Editing Muslin (section)

=== Poetic names ===
Certain delicate muslins were given poetic names such as ''Baft Hawa'' ("woven air"), ''Shabnam'' ("evening dew"), and  [[Abrawan|''āb-i-ravān'']] ("flowing water"). The latter name refers to a fine and transparent variety of fine muslin from Dacca.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Weibel|first=Adèle Coulin|url=http://archive.org/details/twothousandyears0000unse_s3q7|title=Two thousand years of textiles; the figured textiles of Europe and the Near East|date=1952|publisher=New York, Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books|others=Internet Archive|pages=54}}</ref> The fabric's characteristics are summed up in its name.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/fairchildsdictio0000unse|title=Fairchild's dictionary of textiles|date=1959|publisher=New York, Fairchild Publications|pages=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=King|first=Brenda M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqua3eovs7kC&q=Abrawan&pg=PR16|title=Silk and Empire|date=2005-09-03|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-6700-6|pages=61, xvi|language=en}}</ref>