Where does “Latife” come from?

Latife (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish لطیفه, from Arabic لَطِيفَة — the delicate, graceful, gentle, friendly.

Latife (Turkish): jest, joke

Definitions

  1. jest, joke

Ancestry of “Latife”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلطیفهjoke, prank, jest, anything said or done in amusement, not in seriousness
2Arabicلَطِيفَةthe delicate, graceful, gentle, friendly
Every word from Arabic لَطِيفَة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish لطیفه →