Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كفن (kefen, kefin).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

qefin m (plural qefinë) (especially Islam)

  1. shroud, winding cloth
    Synonyms: çarçaf, savan

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “qefin”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1591a
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “qefin”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 369
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “qef [] -inë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 412b