منفاخ
Arabic
Etymology
Tool noun from the verb نَفَخَ (nafaḵa, “to blow”). From the root ن ف خ (n f ḵ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /min.faːx/
Noun
مِنْفَاخ • (minfāḵ) m (plural مَنَافِيخ (manāfīḵ))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مِنْفَاخ minfāḵ |
الْمِنْفَاخ al-minfāḵ |
مِنْفَاخ minfāḵ |
| nominative | مِنْفَاخٌ minfāḵun |
الْمِنْفَاخُ al-minfāḵu |
مِنْفَاخُ minfāḵu |
| accusative | مِنْفَاخًا minfāḵan |
الْمِنْفَاخَ al-minfāḵa |
مِنْفَاخَ minfāḵa |
| genitive | مِنْفَاخٍ minfāḵin |
الْمِنْفَاخِ al-minfāḵi |
مِنْفَاخِ minfāḵi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مِنْفَاخَيْن minfāḵayn |
الْمِنْفَاخَيْن al-minfāḵayn |
مِنْفَاخَيْ minfāḵay |
| nominative | مِنْفَاخَانِ minfāḵāni |
الْمِنْفَاخَانِ al-minfāḵāni |
مِنْفَاخَا minfāḵā |
| accusative | مِنْفَاخَيْنِ minfāḵayni |
الْمِنْفَاخَيْنِ al-minfāḵayni |
مِنْفَاخَيْ minfāḵay |
| genitive | مِنْفَاخَيْنِ minfāḵayni |
الْمِنْفَاخَيْنِ al-minfāḵayni |
مِنْفَاخَيْ minfāḵay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَنَافِيخ manāfīḵ |
الْمَنَافِيخ al-manāfīḵ |
مَنَافِيخ manāfīḵ |
| nominative | مَنَافِيخُ manāfīḵu |
الْمَنَافِيخُ al-manāfīḵu |
مَنَافِيخُ manāfīḵu |
| accusative | مَنَافِيخَ manāfīḵa |
الْمَنَافِيخَ al-manāfīḵa |
مَنَافِيخَ manāfīḵa |
| genitive | مَنَافِيخَ manāfīḵa |
الْمَنَافِيخِ al-manāfīḵi |
مَنَافِيخِ manāfīḵi |
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: منفاخ (minfah)
- Turkish: minfah
References
- “منفاخ” in Almaany
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِنْفَاخ (minfāḵ, “bellows”).
Noun
منفاخ • (minfah) (plural منافیخ (menafih))
- bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity
Descendants
- Turkish: minfah
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “minfah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3231
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “minfâh”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 776
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Follis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 599
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “منفاخ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 4974
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منفاخ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2008