çifte
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
çifte
Etymology 2[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish چفته (çifte), from Persian جفته (jofte), with some separate Ottoman developments from چفت (çift).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
çifte (definite accusative çifteyi, plural çifteler)
- a kick with two legs (often for odd-toed ungulates)
- At çifteyi atınca arkasındaki adam, alnında o rüzgârı hissedip korktu.
- When the horse kicked with two legs, the man felt the wind at his forehead and was afraid.
- double-barrelled shotgun
Declension[edit]
Adjective[edit]
çifte
- twofold duplicate
- çifte hasat ― a twofold harvest
- çifte dikiş ― double stitch (informal - a situation with a retained student repeating the grade in school )
- two-armed (of a chandelier)
- double-barrelled
- Antonym: tek