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: kadífaкади́фа
  • Ubykh: ӄадифа (qadifa)

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