Where does “căiafet” come from?

căiafet (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیافت, from Arabic قيافة, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

căiafet (Romanian): clothes

Definitions

  1. clothes

Ancestry of “căiafet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیافت—
2Arabicقيافةinference from external signs, physiognomics,...
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →