See کف in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "kaf kardan",
"word": "کف کردن"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "քափ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Armenian: քափ (kʻapʻ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Armenian: քափ (kʻapʻ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "kəf",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: kəf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: kəf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ქაფი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ქაფი (kapi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ქაფი (kapi)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"sc": "Phlv",
"t": "foam, slime",
"tr": "kp",
"ts": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kp /kaf/, “foam, slime”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*kapʰas",
"t": "phlegm, mucus"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (“phlegm, mucus”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kho",
"2": "khavä",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Khotanese khavä (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kp /kaf/, “foam, slime”); compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (“phlegm, mucus”). Cognate with Khotanese khavä (“foam”), etc.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kaf",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "کفها",
"roman": "kaf-hâ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "کفها",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "kaf-hâ",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "kaf",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "کفها",
"tr": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Their clemency is (but) the foam of the sea of My clemency: the foam comes and goes, but the sea is (always) there.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2676:",
"roman": "hilm-êšân kaf-i-bahr-i-hilm-i-mâ / kaf rawad âyad wali dariyâ ba jâ-st",
"text": "حلم ایشان کف بحر حلم ماست / کف رود آید ولی دریا به جاست",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"foam"
],
"id": "en-کف-fa-noun-jMLNeXhb",
"links": [
[
"foam",
"foam"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 59 10 10 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 82 5 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 60 10 10 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Body parts",
"orig": "fa:Body parts",
"parents": [
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"All topics",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"Health"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"froth"
],
"id": "en-کف-fa-noun-Q30YQPAR",
"links": [
[
"froth",
"froth"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kaf]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰʲæf]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "کف"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "kaf zadan",
"word": "کف زدن"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "klj",
"2": "kəf",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khalaj: kəf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khalaj: kəf"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ar",
"3": "كَفّ"
},
"expansion": "Arabic كَفّ (kaff)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kaf",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "کفها",
"roman": "kaf-hâ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "کفها",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "kaf-hâ",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "kaf",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "کفها",
"tr": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"palm"
],
"id": "en-کف-fa-noun-9a-is3c-",
"links": [
[
"palm",
"palm"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"applause"
],
"id": "en-کف-fa-noun-4drXwlD1",
"links": [
[
"applause",
"applause"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"floor"
],
"id": "en-کف-fa-noun-o-H0k1sJ",
"links": [
[
"floor",
"floor"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kaf]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰʲæf]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "کف"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms derived from Arabic",
"Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Persian undefined derivations",
"Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
"fa:Body parts"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "kaf kardan",
"word": "کف کردن"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "քափ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Armenian: քափ (kʻapʻ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Armenian: քափ (kʻapʻ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "kəf",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: kəf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: kəf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "ქაფი",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: ქაფი (kapi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: ქაფი (kapi)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"sc": "Phlv",
"t": "foam, slime",
"tr": "kp",
"ts": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kp /kaf/, “foam, slime”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*kapʰas",
"t": "phlegm, mucus"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (“phlegm, mucus”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kho",
"2": "khavä",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Khotanese khavä (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kp /kaf/, “foam, slime”); compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (“phlegm, mucus”). Cognate with Khotanese khavä (“foam”), etc.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kaf",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "کفها",
"roman": "kaf-hâ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "کفها",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "kaf-hâ",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "kaf",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "کفها",
"tr": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Their clemency is (but) the foam of the sea of My clemency: the foam comes and goes, but the sea is (always) there.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2676:",
"roman": "hilm-êšân kaf-i-bahr-i-hilm-i-mâ / kaf rawad âyad wali dariyâ ba jâ-st",
"text": "حلم ایشان کف بحر حلم ماست / کف رود آید ولی دریا به جاست",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"foam"
],
"links": [
[
"foam",
"foam"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"froth"
],
"links": [
[
"froth",
"froth"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kaf]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰʲæf]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "کف"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms derived from Arabic",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Persian undefined derivations",
"fa:Body parts"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "kaf zadan",
"word": "کف زدن"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "klj",
"2": "kəf",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khalaj: kəf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khalaj: kəf"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ar",
"3": "كَفّ"
},
"expansion": "Arabic كَفّ (kaff)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kaf",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "کفها",
"roman": "kaf-hâ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "کفها",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "kaf-hâ",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "kaf",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "کفها",
"tr": "kaf"
},
"expansion": "کف • (kaf) (plural کفها (kaf-hâ))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"palm"
],
"links": [
[
"palm",
"palm"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"applause"
],
"links": [
[
"applause",
"applause"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"floor"
],
"links": [
[
"floor",
"floor"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kaf]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰʲæf]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰäf]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "کف"
}
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