Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كافی (kāfi, sufficing, sufficient, The All-Sufficing God),[1][2] from Arabic كَافٍ (kāfin), active participle of كَفَى (kafā, to be enough for (someone), to protect, to spare).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /caːˈfiː/
  • Hyphenation: kâ‧fi

Adjective

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kâfi

  1. enough, sufficient
    Synonyms: yeter, yeterli, (dated) kifayetli

Declension

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Interjection

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Kâfi

  1. Enough!, Stop!

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كافی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1517
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كافی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1006
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kâfi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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