English [ ] Alternative spellings [ ] Etymology [ ] The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, the second element derives from Northumbrian or E. Anglian dialect huff hurf ( “ ‘ scab’ ” ) , from Old Norse hrufa hreofla ( “ ‘ leper’ ” )
Noun [ ]
SingularDandruff
Plural
Dandruff (-)
Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis .
Dandruff is on my collar again. Derived terms [ ] Translations [ ]
skin flakes
Arabic: قشرة اراس ar (ar) f.
Armenian: թեփ hy (hy) (t’ep’)
Basque : zahi eu (eu) Bulgarian: пърхот bg (bg) m.
Catalan : caspa ca (ca) f. Balearic : arna ca (ca) f. Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭皮屑 cmn (cmn) , 头皮屑 cmn (cmn) (tóupíxiè)
Czech: lupy cs (cs) m. pl.
Danish: skæl da (da) n.
Dutch: roos nl (nl) , hoofdroos nl (nl) , pellekes nl (nl)
Estonian: kõõm et (et)
Finnish: hilse fi (fi)
French: pellicule fr (fr) f.
Georgian: ქერტლი ka (ka) (k'ertli), თებო ka (ka) (t’ebo)
German: Schuppen de (de) f. pl.
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: korpa hu (hu)
Icelandic: flasa is (is) f.
Italian: forfora it (it) f.
Japanese: 雲脂 ja (ja) (ふけ, fuke)
Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: porrīgō la (la) f.
Persian: شورہ سر fa (fa)
Polish: łupież pl (pl) m.
Portuguese: caspa pt (pt) f.
Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: перхоть ru (ru) (pérxot') f.
Serbian: perut sr (sr) m.
Sicilian : canigghiola f. Spanish: caspa es (es) f.
Swedish: mjäll sv (sv) n. and c.
Thai: ขี้รังแค th (th) (kêe rangkâe), รังแค th (th) (rangkâe)
Turkish: kepek tr (tr)
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