խատիֆէ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• խատիֆէ (xatifē) — Constantinople
• խադիֆա / խատիֆա (xadifa) — Nor Nakhichevan
• կա̈դիֆա̈ (kädifä), կա̈դո̈ւֆա̈ (kädüfä) — Van

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (kadife).

Pronunciation

• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /χɑdiˈfe/, [χɑdifé]

Noun

խատիֆէ • (xatifē) (traditional orthography)

1. (dialectal) velvet

   Synonym: թավիշ (tʻaviš)

2. (dialectal) marigold (flower of the genus Tagetes)

   Synonym: խատիֆէ չիչէյի (xatifē čʻičʻēyi)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Western Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	խատիֆէ (xatifē)
dative	խատիֆէի (xatifēi)
ablative	խատիֆէէ (xatifēē)
instrumental	խատիֆէով (xatifēov)
	definite forms
nominative	խատիֆէն (xatifēn)
dative	խատիֆէին (xatifēin)
ablative	խատիֆէէն (xatifēēn)
instrumental	խատիֆէովը/խատիֆէովն (xatifēovə/xatifēovn)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	խատիֆէս (xatifēs)
dative	խատիֆէիս (xatifēis)
ablative	խատիֆէէս (xatifēēs)
instrumental	խատիֆէովս (xatifēovs)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	խատիֆէդ (xatifēd)
dative	խատիֆէիդ (xatifēid)
ablative	խատիֆէէդ (xatifēēd)
instrumental	խատիֆէովդ (xatifēovd)

Related terms

• խատիֆէ չիչէյի (xatifē čʻičʻēyi)

See also

• թավրնջակ (tʻavrnǰak)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խատիֆէ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 173
• Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “խատիֆէ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 244a
• Džalašʹjan, K.S. (2019) “խադիֆա”, in A. X. Dagldijan, editor, Nor Naxiǰewani barbaṙi bacʻatrakan baṙaran / Толковый словарь новонахичеванского диалекта армянского языка [Explanatory Dictionary of Nor Nakhichevan dialect]‎^[2], 2nd edition, volume II (overall work in Armenian and Russian), Rostov-on-Don: Terra Don, →ISBN, page 36
• Riggs, Elias (1847) “խատիֆէ”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 51b