کفچه

Persian

تصویری از یک کفچه

Alternative forms

کپچه (kapča / kapče) (archaic)
کمچه (kamča / kamče) (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpck' /⁠kafčag⁠/, “spoon, ladle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaf.ˈt͡ʃa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäf.t͡ʃʰä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäf.t͡ʃʰä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäf.t͡ʃʰä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæf.t͡ʃʰe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäf.t͡ʃʰä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kafča
Dari reading^?	kafča
Iranian reading^?	kafče
Tajik reading^?	kafča

Noun

کفچه • (kafča / kafče) (Tajik spelling кафча)

skimmer (sieve-like, slotted spoon)
(dialectal, Lori, or archaic) ladle

Further reading

Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “کفچه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کفچه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
“کفچه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025