See also: kafés

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قفس (kafes), from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kafes (definite accusative kafesi, plural kafesler)

  1. cage
  2. (slang) jail

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kafes
Definite accusative kafesi
Singular Plural
Nominative kafes kafesler
Definite accusative kafesi kafesleri
Dative kafese kafeslere
Locative kafeste kafeslerde
Ablative kafesten kafeslerden
Genitive kafesin kafeslerin

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kafes”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu