kefa

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See also: kẹfa

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كفه (Turkish kefe).

Noun[edit]

kèfa f (Cyrillic spelling кѐфа)

  1. brush
    Synonym: četka

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hungarian kefe, from Ottoman Turkish كفه (kefe).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkefa]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧fa

Noun[edit]

kefa f (diminutive kefka)

  1. brush (implement for cleaning, polishing, scrubbing, etc.)
    Synonyms: štetec, štetka

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
noun

Further reading[edit]

  • kefa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024