کفش

Persian

کفش‌های مشکی پاشنه‌بلند

Etymology

From Middle Persian kpš (kafš, “shoe”), with further origin uncertain. Akin to Old Armenian կօշիկ (kōšik) and Arabic قَفْش (qafš), Iranian loanwords.

Pronunciation

• (Iran) IPA^(key): /kæfʃ/, [kʲæfʃ]

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Noun

Dari	کفش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кафш

کفش • (kafš) (plural کفش‌ها (kafš-hâ))

1. a shoe
2. a pair of shoes

   Synonym: جفت کفش (joft-e kafš)

Usage notes

• One often uses the singular for a pair of shoes: این کفش (in kafš, “these shoes, this pair of shoes”). This is different from the use of the singular for an indefinite number, which is possible with all nouns: کفش می‌فروشند (kafš mi-forušand, “they sell shoes”).

Derived terms

• کفّاش (kaffâš)
• کفش‌گر (kafš-gar)
• جاکفشی (jâkafši)

Related terms

• موزه (muze)
• گیوه (give)
• پای‌افزار (pây-afzâr)

Descendants

• Arabic: قفش (qafš)
• → Hindi: कफ़्श (kafś)
• Georgian: ქოში (koši)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kafš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 203