كيفية

Arabic

Root
ك ي ف (k-y-f)

Etymology

Relative noun (nisba) composed of كَيْف (kayf, “how”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj.fij.ja/

Noun

كَيْفِيَّة • (kayfiyya) f

1. howness
2. quality
3. way, manner
4. particulars
5. amusement, pleasure party
6. raised spirits, excitement

Declension

Declension of noun كَيْفِيَّة (kayfiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَيْفِيَّة kayfiyya	الْكَيْفِيَّة al-kayfiyya	كَيْفِيَّة kayfiyyat
Nominative	كَيْفِيَّةٌ kayfiyyatun	الْكَيْفِيَّةُ al-kayfiyyatu	كَيْفِيَّةُ kayfiyyatu
Accusative	كَيْفِيَّةً kayfiyyatan	الْكَيْفِيَّةَ al-kayfiyyata	كَيْفِيَّةَ kayfiyyata
Genitive	كَيْفِيَّةٍ kayfiyyatin	الْكَيْفِيَّةِ al-kayfiyyati	كَيْفِيَّةِ kayfiyyati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: keyfiyyət
• → Classical Persian: کَیْفِیَت (kayfiyat)
  • Hindustani:
    • → Urdu: کَيْفِيّت
      • → Malayalam: കൈപ്പീത്ത് (kaippīttŭ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كیفیت (muḳābele)

  →⇒ Turkish: keyfiyet

  →⇒ Crimean Tatar: keyfiyet

• → Uyghur: كەيپىيات (keypiyat)
• → Uzbek: kayfiyat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كيفية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen