क़फ़स

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • कफस (kaphas) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَفَس (qafas), from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܦܣܳܐ (qap̄sā), from Ancient Greek κάψα (kápsa) or Latin capsus.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /qə.fəs/, [qɐ.fɐs], /kə.pʰəs/, [kɐ.pʰɐs]

Noun

क़फ़स • (qafas) m (Urdu spelling قَفَس or قَفَص)

  1. cage
  2. prison, jail
  3. (figurative) body

Declension

Declension of क़फ़स (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct क़फ़स
qafas 		क़फ़स
qafas
oblique क़फ़स
qafas 		क़फ़सों
qafasõ
vocative क़फ़स
qafas 		क़फ़सो
qafaso
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