kafaz

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفص‎ (kafes) (Turkish kafes), from Arabic قَفَص‎ (qafaṣ).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kaˈfaz]

Noun

kafaz m (indefinite plural kafaze, definite singular kafazi, definite plural kafazet)

  1. cage
  2. pen (enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle)

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References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kafaz”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 688
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