سفره

See also: شفرة‎ and سفرة‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (sofre, “tablecloth”), itself from Arabic سُفْرَة‎ (sufra, “victuals”).

Noun

سفره • (sofra) (plural سفر‎)

meal set out on a cloth or tray
travelling food-wallet that can be spread out
tablecloth, a cloth used to cover a table
Synonym: دستار‎ (destar)
wooden or metal tray serving as a dining table

Derived terms

سفره‌جی‎ (sofracı, “butler”)
سفره‌لق‎ (sofralık, “anything serving for a dining-table”)

Descendants

Turkish: sofra
→ Albanian: sofër
→ Aromanian: sufrã, sofrã
→ Bulgarian: софра́ (sofrá)
→ Crimean Tatar: sofra
→ Laz: სოჶრა (sofra)
→ Romanian: sofra
→ Serbo-Croatian: sȍfra, sȍpra, sȍvra

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sofra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4277
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سفره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 681
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Mappa”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1009
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “سفره”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2626
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sofra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سفره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1062

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سُفْرَة‎ (sufra, “victuals; table, especially for eating”). Displaced native ‎ (xân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /sufɾa/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /sʊfɾa/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sofɾe/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /sufɾa/
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Noun

Iranian Persian	سفره
Dari	سفره
Tajik	суфра (sufra)

سفره • (sofre) (plural سفره‌ها‎ (sofre-hâ))

tablecloth
Synonyms: خوان‎ (xân), خوانپایه‎ (xânpâya)

Derived terms

ته سفره‎ (tah sofre)
سفره عقد‎ (sofre 'aqd)
سفره ماهی‎ (sofre mâhi)
سفره‌خانه‎ (sofre-xâne, “restaurant”)

Descendants

→ Armenian: սուփրա (supʿra)
→ Azerbaijani: süfrə
→ Central Kurdish: سفرە‎ (sifre)
→ Georgian: სუფრა (supra)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سفره‎ (sofra)
- Turkish: sofra
- → Albanian: sofër
- → Aromanian: sufrã, sofrã
- → Bulgarian: софра́ (sofrá)
- → Crimean Tatar: sofra
- → Laz: სოჶრა (sofra)
- → Romanian: sofra
- → Serbo-Croatian: sȍfra, sȍpra, sȍvra

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