qafë
Albanian
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Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفا (compare Turkish kafa (“head”)), from Arabic قَفَاء (qafāʔ, “back of the neck”).[1] However, the term is seen first in Buzuku's writings in 1555, and is present in the Arbëresh dialect as well, which usually does not have Turkish loans.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]qafë f (plural qafa, definite qafa, definite plural qafat)
- (anatomy) neck
- nape
- Synonym: zverk
- mountain pass
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | qafë | qafa | qafa | qafat |
| accusative | qafën | |||
| dative | qafe | qafës | qafave | qafave |
| ablative | qafash | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “qafë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
Further reading
[edit]- “qafë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006