քեֆ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیف (keyf), from Arabic كَيْف (kayf). Doublet of կայֆ (kayf).

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Noun[edit]

քեֆ (kʻef) (traditional orthography spelling քէֆ) (colloquial, dialectal)

  1. feast, banquet
    Synonym: խնջույք (xnǰuykʻ)
  2. revelry, debauch
  3. mood, humour

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “քէֆ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages