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Where does “qafë” come from?
qafë (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قفا, from Arabic قَفًا.
qafë
(Albanian): neck
Definitions
neck
Ancestry of “qafë”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
قفا
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2
Arabic
قَفًا
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Words derived from “qafë”
ceafă
përqafoj
kaliqafë
laknëqafe
Qafë-Mali
qafëz
përqafim
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