قيافة

See also: قیافه

Arabic
Root
ق و ف (q-w-f)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qi.jaː.fa/

Noun

قِيَافَة • (qiyāfa) f

  1. inference from external signs, physiognomics, i.e. in ancient societies for determination of filiation and for prognostication
  2. appearance, resemblance, imitation
  3. costume, apparel, garb, guise
    • 1835, كتاب القوانين الداخلية المتعلق بمشاة عساكر الجهادية, قانون ٣٤٠, page 80:
      ضباط الصف والأنفار الذين بصدد الخروج من القشلة يشرع كل واحد منهم في لبس قيافته المقننة بعد ضرب نوبة الجمعية.
      Field officers and units which are about to leave the barracks are required each one to wear the prescribed apparel after taking up joint guard duty.

Declension
Declension of noun قِيَافَة (qiyāfa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِيَافَة
qiyāfa		 الْقِيَافَة
al-qiyāfa		 قِيَافَة
qiyāfat
Nominative قِيَافَةٌ
qiyāfatun		 الْقِيَافَةُ
al-qiyāfatu		 قِيَافَةُ
qiyāfatu
Accusative قِيَافَةً
qiyāfatan		 الْقِيَافَةَ
al-qiyāfata		 قِيَافَةَ
qiyāfata
Genitive قِيَافَةٍ
qiyāfatin		 الْقِيَافَةِ
al-qiyāfati		 قِيَافَةِ
qiyāfati

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: qiyafət
  • → Northern Kurdish: qiyafet
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قیافت (ḳıyāfet)
    > Turkish: kıyafet (inherited)
  • → Uyghur: قىياپەت (qiyapet)
  • → Uzbek: qiyofa
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