kadifa

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (katife, kadife).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kadǐːfa/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧di‧fa

Noun[edit]

kadífa f (Cyrillic spelling кади́фа) (regional)

  1. velvet [17th century]
    Synonyms: bàršūn, sȁmt, vèlūr, plȉš
  2. marigold (Tagetes)
  3. amaranth (Amaranthus)

Declension[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  • kadifa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “kadífa”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 728