قيافة

See also: قیافه

Arabic

Root
ق و ف (q w f)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qi.jaː.fa/

Noun

قِيَافَة • (qiyāfaf

  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