کفش

Persian
کفش‌های مشکی پاشنه‌بلند

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /kæfʃ/, [kʲæfʃ]
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Noun
Dari کفش
Iranian Persian
Tajik кафш

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 (kafš-gar)
  • جاکفشی (jâkafši)
  • 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
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 203
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