قطيفة

Arabic

قَطِيفَة

قَطَائِف

Root
ق ط ف (q ṭ f)
9 terms

Etymology

From the root ق ط ف (q ṭ f), of which قَطَفَ (qaṭafa, “to pluck”), therefore perhaps originally meaning piled cloth.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qa.tˤiː.fa/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ɡa.tˤiː.fa/
- (Egyptian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈtˤiːfɑ]

Noun

قَطِيفَة • (qaṭīfa) f (plural قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif) or قُطُف (quṭuf))

satin, velvet
a fabric made of satin or velvet (which might be a blanket or a carpet or a person’s dress)
a kind of fritter or cheburek, qatayef (chiefly found in the plural قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif), and in its vulgar form قَطَايِف (qaṭāyif))
African marigold (Tagetes erecta)

Declension

Declension of noun **قَطِيفَة** (qaṭīfa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَطِيفَة qaṭīfa	الْقَطِيفَة al-qaṭīfa	قَطِيفَة qaṭīfat
nominative	قَطِيفَةٌ qaṭīfatun	الْقَطِيفَةُ al-qaṭīfatu	قَطِيفَةُ qaṭīfatu
accusative	قَطِيفَةً qaṭīfatan	الْقَطِيفَةَ al-qaṭīfata	قَطِيفَةَ qaṭīfata
genitive	قَطِيفَةٍ qaṭīfatin	الْقَطِيفَةِ al-qaṭīfati	قَطِيفَةِ qaṭīfati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَطِيفَتَيْن qaṭīfatayn	الْقَطِيفَتَيْن al-qaṭīfatayn	قَطِيفَتَيْ qaṭīfatay
nominative	قَطِيفَتَانِ qaṭīfatāni	الْقَطِيفَتَانِ al-qaṭīfatāni	قَطِيفَتَا qaṭīfatā
accusative	قَطِيفَتَيْنِ qaṭīfatayni	الْقَطِيفَتَيْنِ al-qaṭīfatayni	قَطِيفَتَيْ qaṭīfatay
genitive	قَطِيفَتَيْنِ qaṭīfatayni	الْقَطِيفَتَيْنِ al-qaṭīfatayni	قَطِيفَتَيْ qaṭīfatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَطَائِف‎; قُطُف qaṭāʔif‎; quṭuf	الْقَطَائِف‎; الْقُطُف al-qaṭāʔif‎; al-quṭuf	قَطَائِف‎; قُطُف qaṭāʔif‎; quṭuf
nominative	قَطَائِفُ‎; قُطُفٌ qaṭāʔifu‎; quṭufun	الْقَطَائِفُ‎; الْقُطُفُ al-qaṭāʔifu‎; al-quṭufu	قَطَائِفُ‎; قُطُفُ qaṭāʔifu‎; quṭufu
accusative	قَطَائِفَ‎; قُطُفًا qaṭāʔifa‎; quṭufan	الْقَطَائِفَ‎; الْقُطُفَ al-qaṭāʔifa‎; al-quṭufa	قَطَائِفَ‎; قُطُفَ qaṭāʔifa‎; quṭufa
genitive	قَطَائِفَ‎; قُطُفٍ qaṭāʔifa‎; quṭufin	الْقَطَائِفِ‎; الْقُطُفِ al-qaṭāʔifi‎; al-quṭufi	قَطَائِفِ‎; قُطُفِ qaṭāʔifi‎; quṭufi

Descendants

→ Burmese: ကတ္တီပါ (kattipa)
→ Catalan: catifa
→ Middle Armenian: ղատիֆա / ղատիֆայ (ġatifa)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قطیفه (kadife), قدیفه (kadife)
- Turkish: kadife
- → Abkhaz: акадифа (akʼadifa)
- → Albanian: kadife
- → Armenian: խատիֆէ (xatifē), խատիֆէ (xatifē) — Constantinople, խադիֆա / խատիֆա (xadifa) — Nor Nakhichevan, կա̈դիֆա̈ (kädifä), կա̈դո̈ւֆա̈ (kädüfä) — Van
- → Aromanian: catife
- → Bulgarian: кадифе́ (kadifé)
- → Laz: კატუჶე (ǩaťufe)
- → Macedonian: кадифе (kadife)
- → Romanian: catifea
- → Serbo-Croatian: kadífa / кади́фа
- → Ubykh: ӄадифа (qadifa)
→ Portuguese: alcatifa
→ Spanish: alcatifa
→ Turkish: kadayıf

References

Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قطيفة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1043
Worrell, William Hoyt (1935) “More about Arabic Terms for ”Rug””, in Ars Islamica, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, pages 66–67