Where does “kaliqafë” come from?

kaliqafë (Albanian) comes from Albanian qafë, from Ottoman Turkish قفا, from Arabic قَفًا.

kaliqafë (Albanian): pickaback, astride

Definitions

  1. pickaback, astride

Ancestry of “kaliqafë”, step by step

kaliqafë traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian qafë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianqafëneck
2Ottoman Turkishقفا—
3Arabicقَفًا—

via Albanian kali-]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankali-]]—
Every word from Arabic قَفًا →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قفا →Every word from Albanian qafë →