Where does “mankafa” come from?

mankafa (Turkish) comes from Turkish kafa, from Ottoman Turkish قفا, from Arabic قَفًا.

mankafa (Turkish): blockhead, bonehead, thickhead, idiot: a dull, stupid and awkward fool

Definitions

  1. blockhead, bonehead, thickhead, idiot: a dull, stupid and awkward fool

Ancestry of “mankafa”, step by step

mankafa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kafa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkafahead
2Ottoman Turkishقفا—
3Arabicقَفًا—

via Proto-Indo-European mank-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—

via Ottoman Turkish مانقفا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمانقفا—
Every word from Arabic قَفًا →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قفا →Every word from Turkish kafa →