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Turkish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃifte/
- Hyphenation: çif‧te
Noun
çifte
- dative singular of çift
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish چفته (çifte), from Persian جفته (jofte), with some separate Ottoman developments from چفت (çift).
Pronunciation
Noun
çifte (definite accusative çifteyi, plural çifteler)
- a kick with two legs (often for odd-toed ungulates)
At çifteyi atınca arkasındaki adam, alnında o rüzgârı hissedip korktu.- When the horse kicked with two legs, the man felt the wind at his forehead and was afraid.
- double-barrelled shotgun
Declension
Adjective
çifte
- twofold duplicate
- çifte hasat ― a twofold harvest
- çifte dikiş ― double stitch (informal - a situation with a retained student repeating the grade in school )
- two-armed (of a chandelier)
- double-barrelled
- Antonym: tek