kafes

See also: kafés

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Proto-Italic *kapsos

Latin capsabor.

Ancient Greek κάψα (kápsa)bor.

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Proto-Italic *kapsos

Latin capsusbor.

Aramaic קַפְצָא (qap̄əṣā)bor.

Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ)bor.

Classical Persian قَفَس (qafas)bor.

Ottoman Turkish قفس (kafes)

Turkish kafes

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قفس (kafes), borrowed from Classical Persian قَفَس (qafas), borrowed from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

kafes (definite accusative kafesi, plural kafesler)

1. cage
2. (slang) jail

Declension

Declension of kafes

	singular	plural
nominative	kafes	kafesler
definite accusative	kafesi	kafesleri
dative	kafese	kafeslere
locative	kafeste	kafeslerde
ablative	kafesten	kafeslerden
genitive	kafesin	kafeslerin

Derived terms

• kafesçi
• kafesçilik
• kafeslemek
• kafesli
• karakafes

Further reading

• “kafes”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu