کفش

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کفش‌های مشکی پاشنه‌بلند

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian kpš (kafš, shoe), with further origin uncertain. Akin to Old Armenian կօշիկ (kōšik) and Arabic قَفْش (qafš), Iranian loanwords.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari کفش
Iranian Persian
Tajik кафш

کفش (kafš) (plural کفش‌ها (kafš-hâ))

  1. a shoe
  2. a pair of shoes
    Synonym: جفت کفش (joft-e kafš)

Usage notes

  • One often uses the singular for a pair of shoes: این کفش (in kafš, these shoes, this pair of shoes). This is different from the use of the singular for an indefinite number, which is possible with all nouns: کفش می‌فروشند (kafš mi-forušand, they sell shoes).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Arabic: قفش (qafš)
  • Hindi: कफ़्श (kafś)
  • Georgian: ქოში (koši)

References

  1. ^ Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran, University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 95
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kafš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 203