kadife

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kadyfe — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (katife, kadife).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kadiˈfe/, /kaˈdife/
• Rhymes: -e, -ife

Noun

kadife f (plural kadife, definite kadifeja or kadifja)

1. velvet

Derived terms

• i kadifenjtë
• lulekadife

 

Adjective

kadife

1. velvety: soft and smooth

   Synonym: i kadifenjtë

References

• “kadifé,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 757b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kadife”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 237
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kadifé”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 173b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “kadifé”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 165

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (kadife, katife), from Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa). Doublet of kadayıf.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kadife (definite accusative kadifeyi, plural kadifeler)

1. velvet