منفاخ

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb نَفَخَ (nafaḵa, “to blow”). From the root ن ف خ (n-f-ḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min.faːx/

Noun

مِنْفَاخ • (minfāḵ) m (plural مَنَافِيخ (manāfīḵ))

1. bellows

Declension

Declension of noun مِنْفَاخ (minfāḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِنْفَاخ minfāḵ	الْمِنْفَاخ al-minfāḵ	مِنْفَاخ minfāḵ
Nominative	مِنْفَاخٌ minfāḵun	الْمِنْفَاخُ al-minfāḵu	مِنْفَاخُ minfāḵu
Accusative	مِنْفَاخًا minfāḵan	الْمِنْفَاخَ al-minfāḵa	مِنْفَاخَ minfāḵa
Genitive	مِنْفَاخٍ minfāḵin	الْمِنْفَاخِ al-minfāḵi	مِنْفَاخِ minfāḵi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِنْفَاخَيْن minfāḵayn	الْمِنْفَاخَيْن al-minfāḵayn	مِنْفَاخَيْ minfāḵay
Nominative	مِنْفَاخَانِ minfāḵāni	الْمِنْفَاخَانِ al-minfāḵāni	مِنْفَاخَا minfāḵā
Accusative	مِنْفَاخَيْنِ minfāḵayni	الْمِنْفَاخَيْنِ al-minfāḵayni	مِنْفَاخَيْ minfāḵay
Genitive	مِنْفَاخَيْنِ minfāḵayni	الْمِنْفَاخَيْنِ al-minfāḵayni	مِنْفَاخَيْ minfāḵay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَافِيخ manāfīḵ	الْمَنَافِيخ al-manāfīḵ	مَنَافِيخ manāfīḵ
Nominative	مَنَافِيخُ manāfīḵu	الْمَنَافِيخُ al-manāfīḵu	مَنَافِيخُ manāfīḵu
Accusative	مَنَافِيخَ manāfīḵa	الْمَنَافِيخَ al-manāfīḵa	مَنَافِيخَ manāfīḵa
Genitive	مَنَافِيخَ manāfīḵa	الْمَنَافِيخِ al-manāfīḵi	مَنَافِيخِ manāfīḵi

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: منفاخ (minfah)
  • Turkish: minfah

References

• “منفاخ” in Almaany

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْفَاخ (minfāḵ, “bellows”).

Noun

منفاخ • (minfah) (plural منافیخ (menafih))

1. bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity

   Synonyms: دمه (deme), كوروك (körük), كیر (kir)

Descendants

• Turkish: minfah

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “minfah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3231
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “minfâh”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 776
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Follis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 599
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “منفاخ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4974
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منفاخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2008