کف

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Khalaj

Noun

کَم (kəm) (definite accusative کَمی, plural کَملَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of kəm (“wooden border of a sieve”)

Declension

Declension of کف
singular plural
nominative کف کفلَر
genitive کفۆݧ کفلَریݧ
dative کفکه کفلَرکه
definite accusative کفۆ کفلَری
locative کفچه کفلَرچه
ablative کفده کفلَرده
instrumental کفله کفلَرله
equative کفوارا کفلَروارا

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kaf
Dari reading? kaf
Iranian reading? kaf
Tajik reading? kaf

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (kp /⁠kaf⁠/, “foam, slime”); compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (“phlegm, mucus”). Cognate with Khotanese khavä (“foam”), etc.

Noun

کف • (kaf) (plural کف‌ها (kaf-hâ))

  1. foam
  2. froth
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Armenian: քափ (kʻapʻ)
  • → Azerbaijani: kəf
  • → Georgian: ქაფი (kapi)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kaf”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48

Etymology 2

From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).

Noun

کف • (kaf) (plural کف‌ها (kaf-hâ))

  1. palm
  2. applause
  3. floor
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