Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفا (compare Turkish kafa (head)), from Arabic قَفَاء (qafāʔ, head).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈcafə/, [ˈcɕaf(ə)]

Noun edit

qafë f (plural qafa, definite qafa, definite plural qafat)

  1. (anatomy) neck; nape of the neck

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qafë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 353