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Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Persian جفت (joft).
Noun
چفت • (çift)
- pair (of boots, gloves, oars, etc.)
- mate, one of a pair
- couple, brace, two things (of any one kind)
- pair of oxen yoked to a plough
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Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چفت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 471
- Kʻiwpʻēlean, Ambrosios (1883) “ճիֆթ”, in Erekʻlezuean baṙagirkʻ tačkerēn-hayerēn-gaġġierēn [Ottoman–Armenian–French Trilingual Dictionary], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 472a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چفت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 723