کفش

کفش

Persian

کفش‌های مشکی پاشنه‌بلند

Etymology

From Middle Persian kpš (kafš, “shoe”). Akin to Old Armenian կօշիկ (kōšik) and Arabic قَفْش‎ (qafš), Iranian loanwords.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /kæfʃ/, [kʲæfʃ]

Noun

Dari	کفش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кафш (kafš)

کفش • (kafš) (plural کفش‌ها‎ (kafš-hâ))

1. a shoe
2. a pair of shoes

   Synonym: جفت کفش (joft-e kafš)

Usage notes

• One often uses the singular for a pair of shoes: این کفش (in kafš, “these shoes, this pair of shoes”). This is different from the use of the singular for an indefinite number, which is possible with all nouns: کفش می‌فروشند (kafš mi-forušand, “they sell shoes”).

Derived terms

• کفّاش‎ (kaffâš)
• کفش‌گر‎ (kafšgar)
• جاکفشی‎ (jâkafši)

Related terms

• موزه‎ (muze)
• گیوه‎ (give)
• پای‌افزار‎ (pây-afzâr)

Descendants

• Arabic: قفش‎ (qafš)
• Georgian: ქოში (koši)

References

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