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Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفس (kafes).[1][2][3]
Noun
kafaz m (plural kafaze, definite kafazi)
- cage (for animals)
- kafaz zogjsh ― birdcage
- kafaz lepujsh ― hare hutch
- pen, coop (for animals)
- Synonym: kotec
- basket, hamper for food
- shutter (of a window)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “kafés”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 165
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kafaz”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 688
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kafaz1”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 237
Further reading
- “kafaz i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 758
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قواس (kavvas).[1][2]
Noun
kafaz m (plural kafaze, definite kafazi)
- guard, worker of a diplomat or official
- Hypernym: rojë
Declension
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “gavás”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 121
- ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “kafaz2”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 237–238
Further reading
- Jungg, G. (1895) “kafas”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 52
- “kafaz ii”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 758