karafil

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • karajfil — Gheg
  • karafjil, karafile — Tosk
  • karanfil, karafill — nonstandard

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قرنفل (karanfil),[1] from Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈfil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧fíl

Noun

karafil m (plural karafíla, definite karafíli, definite plural karafílat)

  1. (botany) carnation, pink (Dianthus caryophyllus)
  2. (botany) clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
  3. (obsolete) flintlock gun

Declension

Declension of karafil
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative karafil karafili karafila karafilat
accusative karafilin
dative karafili karafilit karafilave karafilave
ablative karafilash

Derived terms

  • lafshë karafilit (“cockscomb”)

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “karafil”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 721

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “karafil”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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