قفس

See also: فقس and قفش

Ottoman Turkish

قفس
قفس

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قفس (qafas), itself from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

Noun

قفس (kafes) (plural قفسلر (kafesler))

  1. birdcage, coop, any cage used to keep birds and poultry in
  2. latticework, treillage, grating
    Synonym: شبكه (şebeke)
  3. (architecture) frame of a wooden house
  4. kafes, a section of the imperial harem where princes where kept under house-arrest [from 1617]
    Synonym: چمشیرلك (çimşirlik)
  5. (figuratively) skeleton of a man or beast
    Synonym: اسكلت (iskelet)

Derived terms

  • قفسجی (kafesci, lattice-maker)
  • قفسلمك (kafeslemek, to cage, to coop in)
  • قفسلو (kafeslü, grated)
  • قفسی (kafesî, lattice-shaped)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kafes
  • Albanian: kafaz
  • Armenian: խաֆես (xafes), կաֆաս (kafas)
  • Bulgarian: кафе́з (kaféz)
  • Crimean Tatar: qafes
  • Greek: καφάσι (kafási), καφασωτός (kafasotós)
  • Macedonian: кафез (kafez)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ка̀вез
    Latin script: kàvez

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /qafas/

    Noun

    قفس (qafas) (plural قفس‌ها (qafas-hâ))

    1. cage
      • 2007, Moein, “Jodayi [جدایی]”, in Tolou:
        بنویس فرصت موندن یه نفس بود
        سهم من از همه دنیا یه قفس بود
        tr=benevis, forsat-e mundan ye nafas bud
        sahm-e man az hame donyâ ye qafas bud

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: qəfəs
    • → Hindustani
      Hindi: क़फ़स (qafas)
      Urdu: قفس (qafas)
    • Uyghur: قەپەس (qepes)
    • Ottoman Turkish: قفس (kafes)
      • Turkish: kafes
      • Albanian: kafaz
      • Armenian: խաֆես (xafes), կաֆաս (kafas)
      • Bulgarian: кафе́з (kaféz)
      • Crimean Tatar: qafes
      • Greek: καφάσι (kafási), καφασωτός (kafasotós)
      • Macedonian: кафез (kafez)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ка̀вез
        Latin script: kàvez

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Persian قفس (qafas), from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

    Noun

    قفس (qafas) ? (Hindi spelling क़फ़स)

    1. cage
    2. prison
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