kadife

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kadyfe — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (katife, kadife).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kadiˈfe/, /kaˈdife/
  • Rhymes: -e, -ife

Noun

kadife f (plural kadife, definite kadifeja or kadifja)

  1. velvet

Derived terms
  • i kadifenjtë
  • lulekadife

Adjective

kadife

  1. velvety: soft and smooth
    Synonym: i kadifenjtë

References
  • “kadifé,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 757b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kadife”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 237
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kadifé”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 173b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “kadifé”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 165

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (kadife, katife), from Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa). Doublet of kadayıf.

Pronunciation
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Noun

kadife (definite accusative kadifeyi, plural kadifeler)

  1. velvet
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