قفس

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See also: فقس and قفش

Ottoman Turkish

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قفس
قفس

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian قَفَس (qafas), itself from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

Noun

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قفس (kafes) (plural قفسلر (kafesler))

  1. birdcage, any cage used to keep birds and poultry in
  2. latticework, treillage, grating
    Synonym: شبكه (şebeke)
  3. (architecture) frame of a wooden house
  4. kafes, a section of the imperial harem where princes where kept under house-arrest [from 1617]
    Synonym: چمشیرلك (çimşirlik)
  5. (figuratively) skeleton of a man or beast
    Synonym: اسكلت (iskelet)

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qafas
Dari reading? qafas
Iranian reading? ğafas
Tajik reading? qafas

Noun

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Dari قفس
Iranian Persian
Tajik қафас

قَفَس (qafas) (plural قفس‌ها (qafas-hâ))

  1. cage
    • 2007, Moein, “Jodayi [جدایی]”, in Tolou:
      بنویس فرصت موندن یه نفس بود
      سهم من از همه دنیا یه قفس بود
      benevis, forsat-e mundan ye nafas bud
      sahm-e man az hame donyâ ye qafas bud
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قَفَس (qafas), from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

Noun

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قَفَس (qafasm (Hindi spelling क़फ़स)

  1. cage
  2. prison