qafë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفا (compare Turkish kafa (“head”)), from Arabic قَفَاء (qafāʔ, “head”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcafə/, [ˈcɕaf(ə)]

Noun

qafë f (plural qafa, definite qafa, definite plural qafat)

  1. (anatomy) neck; nape of the neck

Declension
Declension of qafë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative qafë qafa qafa qafat
accusative qafën
dative qafe qafave qafës qafavet
ablative qafash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qafë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
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