کف

کَف (kəf) (definite accusative کَفی‎, plural کَفلَر‎)

1. Arabic spelling of kəf (“palm, sole”)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kp /kaf/, “foam, slime”); compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (“phlegm, mucus”). Cognate with Khotanese khavä (“foam”), etc.

کف • (kaf) (plural کف‌ها‎ (kaf-hâ))

1. foam
2. froth

• کف کردن‎ (kaf kardan)

• → Armenian: քափ (kʿapʿ)
• → Azerbaijani: kəf
• → Georgian: ქაფი (kapi)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kaf”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48

From Arabic كَفّ‎ (kaff).

کف • (kaf) (plural کف‌ها‎ (kaf-hâ))

1. palm
2. applause
3. floor

• کف زدن‎ (kaf zadan)