kof

kof

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kubi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kubi terms

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkofː/

kof m (plural kofoù)

1. (anatomy) belly

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• tor

• (diminutive) kofig

From Middle Dutch cof (“barn, stable”), related to koof (“curved”), from Old Dutch *kovo, from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô (“hut, shed”).^[1] Also see kuif.

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• Rhymes: -ɔf

kof f (plural koffen, diminutive kofje n)

1. koff

• kofzeil

• koff

From Ottoman Turkish قوف (kof), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kobu- (“hollow, cavity”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (koɣï), [script needed] (kowï, “empty, hollow”),^[1] Karakhanid [script needed] (qowï, “empty, rotten”), Kyrgyz коо (koo, “hollow”), etc.

kof

1. hollow, rotten

   kof ceviz ― rotten walnut

2. (figurative) empty, uninformative
   • 1925, Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, Ben Deli miyim?:

     Bunlar medeni milletlerin lügat kitaplarına süs olsun diye yazılmış fantazyalı kof lakırtılardır.

     These are the fanciful, empty words of civilised nations, written in dictionaries for ornamental use.

3. (figurative) feeble, exhausted

• “kof”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Borrowed from Arabic كَاف (kāf).

kof (plural koflar)

1. the Arabic letter ك