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Where does “kıyafet” come from?

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

kıyafet (Turkish): outfit, clothing, clothes

Definitions

  1. outfit, clothing, clothes

Ancestry of “kıyafet”, 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}}

Words derived from “kıyafet”

  • kıyafetli
  • kıyafetsiz
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