catife

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• catifei

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطیفه (katife, kadife).

Noun

catife m (plural catifedz)

1. velvet

   sultuc di catife ― velvet coat

References

• Cunia, Tiberius (2010) “catife”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 240a
• Papahagi, T. (1974) “catifé”, in Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd edition (overall work in Romanian and French), Bucharest, page 320
• Nikolaḯdis, K. (1909) “κατηφέ”, in Ετυμολογικόν λεξικόν της Κουτσοβλαχικής γλώσσης [Etymologikón lexikón tis Koutsovlachikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens: Τύποις Π. Δ. Σακελλαρίου [Týpois P. D. Sakellaríou], page 209f.
• Dalametra, I. (1906) “catifè”, in Dicționar macedo-român (in Romanian), Bucharest, page 50a