qafë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفا (compare Turkish kafa (“head”)), from Arabic قَفَاء (qafāʔ, “head”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈcafə/, [ˈcɕaf(ə)]

Noun[edit]

qafë f (plural qafa, definite qafa, definite plural qafat)

  1. (anatomy) neck; nape of the neck

Declension[edit]

Declension of qafë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative qafë qafa qafa qafat
accusative qafën
dative qafe qafave qafës qafavet
ablative qafash

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qafë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
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