See also: كاغذ, کاغد, and کاغذ

Arabic

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Etymology

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From Persian کاغذ (kâğaz, kâğez), کاغد (kâğad, kâğed).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaː.ɣið/, /kaː.ɣad/

Noun

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كَاغِد or كَاغَد (kāḡid or kāḡadm (collective, singulative كَاغِدَة f (kāḡida), plural كَوَاغِد (kawāḡid))

  1. a kind of paper

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Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish كاغد (ḱâğıd), from Persian کاغد (kâğed, paper).

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Noun

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كاغَد (kāġad) (dual ?, plural ?)

  1. tobacco rolling paper

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  • l-iRšēd, Ḵālid (2012) “كاغد”, in Ḵālid Jumʿa, editor, موسوعة اللهجة الكويتية [The Encyclopedia of the Kuwaiti Dialect]‎[10], 2nd edition (overall work in Gulf Arabic and Arabic), Kuwaiti City: ناشري [Nāširi], →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

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كاغد

Etymology

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From Persian کاغذ (kâğaz, paper), itself from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼲𐼹𐼰 (kʾγδʾ /⁠kāγaδā⁠/). Further etymology is unknown, perhaps a borrowing from Old Chinese (OC *kjeʔ); cognate with Azerbaijani kağız, Bashkir ҡағыҙ (qağıź), Kazakh қағаз (qağaz), Kyrgyz кагаз (kagaz), Tatar кәгазь (käğaz’), Turkmen kagyz, Uyghur قەغەز (qeghez) and Uzbek qog'oz.

Noun

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كاغد (kâğıd) (definite accusative كاغدی (kâğıdı), plural كاغدلر (kâğıdlar))

  1. paper, a material made of cellulose fibres used for writing or printing
    Synonym: قرطاس (kırtas)
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk[11], page 25:
      افندیلر ؛ او مسوده ایشته عیناً شو كاغدلردر.
      Efendiler; o müsvedde işte aynen şu ḱağıdlardır.
      Gentlemen; that draft is exacly those papers.
  2. sheet, a usually rectangular piece of paper that has been prepared for writing or printing
  3. written or printed paper, a letter or document written on a paper sheet
  4. playing card, any of the rectangular pieces of card used to play numerous games

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: kâğıt
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ћага
    Latin script: ćaga

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