kadifa

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (katife, kadife).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kadǐːfa/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧di‧fa

Noun

kadífa f (Cyrillic spelling кади́фа) (regional)

  1. velvet
    Synonyms: bàršūn, sȁmt, vèlūr, plȉš
  2. marigold (Tagetes)
  3. amaranth (Amaranthus)

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  • kadifa” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1892–1897), “kadífa”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 728