قطیفه

Ottoman Turkish

قطیفه

Alternative forms

  • قدیفه (kadife)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa, “satin, velvet”).

Noun

قطیفه • (katife, kadife) (plural قطایف (katayıf, kadayıf))

  1. velvet, a closely woven fabric, originally of silk, with a thick, short pile on one side

Derived terms

  • قطیفه چیچكی (kadife çiçeği, “marigold”)
  • قطیفه گبی (kadife gibi, “smooth, not rough”)
  • قطیفه‌لو (kadifeli, “lined with velvet”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kadife
  • → Abkhaz: акадифа (akʼadifa)
  • → Albanian: kadife
  • → Armenian: խատիֆէ (xatifē), խատիֆա (xatifa), կա̈դիֆա̈ (kädifä), կա̈դո̈ւֆա̈ (kädüfä)
  • → Aromanian: catife
  • → Bulgarian: кадифе́ (kadifé)
  • → Macedonian: кадифе (kadife)
  • → Romanian: catifea
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kadífa/кади́фа
  • → Ubykh: ӄадифа (qadifa)

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