كیف

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَيْف (kayf, condition, state, mood).

Noun

كیف • (keyf)

  1. merriment, good spirits, a state of enjoyable exuberance, a cheerful mood
  2. fun, enjoyment, amusement, entertainment, anything designed to give pleasure
    Synonyms: اگلنجه (eğlence), جنبش (cümbüş)

Derived terms

  • كیف ویرمك (keyf virmek, to intoxicate)
  • كیفسز (keyfsiz, unwell)
  • كیفلو (keyfli, merry, joyous)
  • كیفی قاچمق (keyfi kaçmak, to be annoyed, vexed)
  • چاقر كیفی (çakır keyfi, intoxication)

Descendants

  • Turkish: keyif
  • Albanian: qejf
  • Armenian: քեֆ (kʻef), քեփ (kʻepʻ); քեյֆ (kʻeyf)
  • Georgian: ქეიფი (keipi) (or from Persian)
  • Greek: κέφι (kéfi)
  • Macedonian: ќеф (ḱef)
  • Romanian: chef
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ћѐиф
    Latin script: ćèif

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