qafë

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcafə/, [ˈcɕaf(ə)]

Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. nape
    Synonym: zverk
  3. mountain pass

Declension

Declension of qafë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative qafë qafa qafa qafat
accusative qafën
dative qafe qafës qafave qafave
ablative qafash

References

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