Is that word Persian for “flying”?
“Osman” is a Turkish word – a guy’s name and also the Turkish equivalent of “Ottoman” as in the Ottoman Empire. (More or less, anyway; Turkish is an agglutinative language, so it’s really probably the root of the word “Ottoman” in Turkish.) I can’t read the writing, but my guess would be that it’s Urdu and the rug was made in Pakistan, where there seems to be an appropriation of Turkishness within the rug industry, hence the name Osman. But it’s just a guess. It’s an industrial-made rug, obviously.
A quick Google search led me to a Turkish carpet vendor called Sisko Osman. It might be worth it to email them and see if the label on your carpet matches the ones that they put on their products. Also, I tried to read the writing, but couldn’t because it’s not Arabic… at least, not completely. There are some words that I know are either Urdu or Persian because the letters don’t appear in the Arabic alphabet, but on second glance, I think I might have an idea of what the bottom line says after all. It looks as though it may translate to: “Country of origin: Belgium.” Just as a warning, though, my Arabic translations are never 100% accurate right before I go to bed, so if anyone else reads that line differently, please feel free to correct me!
I looked at it some more and here’s what else I have now: The part on the left side of the top line may translate to “Quality: __________.” I can’t find my Arabic dictionary at the moment and Google’s translator can really be hit-or-miss, but I’m pretty sure that word is correct, or somewhere close to it. Now, the part that follows the colon is where I get lost because it’s either a Persian/Urdu word that I can’t read, or it’s someone’s name. And one last thing before I sign off for the night: The writing on the right side of the top line looks like it may translate to something along the lines of “Height of the _______: 8 _____ meters.” Again, I hope that someone else can come along and fill in the missing pieces here. Once I track down my dictionary, it’ll be a lot easier to look up all the possible meanings of each word to find the best fit, since most online translators only give one word and leave it at that. I’ll check back in sometime tomorrow and let you know if I’ve been able
Well I can tell you for certain that it is definitely not a Persian rug and that the writing on the label is not in Farsi. I do see the reference to Belgium on the bottom of the label. This is either from Morocco or Pakistan in my best estimation. Also, the translation to the writing on the top right line is from what I can tell is that the thickness is 8 millimeters. Also the second line states that the weight is 1750 grams and there is another reference on the left hand side to something being 7 millimeters (I can’t make out what the word it is referring to is though). Hope this helps!
