كفن

See also: کفن

Arabic

Root
ك ف ن (k-f-n)

Verb

كَفَنَ • (kafana) I, non-past يَكْفِنُ‎ (yakfinu)

  1. to cover with a winding sheet, to shroud, dress for the grave (the deceased)

Conjugation

Verb

كَفَّنَ • (kaffana) II, non-past يُكَفِّنُ‎ (yukaffinu)

  1. to wrap

Conjugation

Noun

كَفَن • (kafan) m (plural أَكْفَان (ʔakfān))

  1. shroud, winding sheet, wrapping of a dead

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “كفن”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “كفن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كفن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَفَن (kafan, shroud, winding cloth), verbal noun of كَفَنَ (kafana, to cover with a shroud).

Noun

كفن • (kefen, kefin) (definite accusative كفنی (kefeni, kefini), plural اكفان (ekfân))

  1. shroud, winding cloth, any cloth in which a corpse is wrapped for burial

Derived terms

  • كفن صارمق (kefen sarmak, to wind a shroud)
  • كفنجی (kefenci, maker or seller of shrouds)
  • كفندزد (kefendüzd, stealer of shrouds)
  • كفنلمك (kefenlemek, to shroud, wrap)
  • كفنلی (kefenli, wound in a shroud)

Descendants

Further reading

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