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)
- cage
- pen (enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle)
Synonyms
- (pen): kotec
Derived terms
- kafaz lepujsh
References
- Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kafaz”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 688