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

Declension of kadifa
singular plural
nominative kadifa kadife
genitive kadife kadifa
dative kadifi kadifama
accusative kadifu kadife
vocative kadifo kadife
locative kadifi kadifama
instrumental kadifom kadifama

Alternative forms

References

  • “kadifa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1892–1897), “kadífa”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 728
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