qafë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفا (compare Turkish kafa (“head”)), from Arabic قَفَاء (qafāʔ, “head”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈcafə/, [ˈcɕaf(ə)]

Noun

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qafë f (plural qafa, definite qafa, definite plural qafat)

  1. (anatomy) neck; nape of the neck

Declension

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Declension of qafë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative qafë qafa qafa qafat
accusative qafën
dative qafeje qafave qafës qafave
ablative qafash
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qafë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
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