صفه

See also: صفة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “stone bench; sofa”).

Noun

صفه • (sofa)

1. porch or hall with benches on which to rest
2. recess in a hall or anteroom with a sofa on its sides
3. sofa, an upholstered seat with a raised back

   Synonym: قاناپه (kanape)

Derived terms

• صفهلو (sofalı, “furnished with a bench”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sofa
• → Greek: σοφάς (sofás)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sofa1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4277
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صفه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 763
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صفه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 2970
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sofa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1179