کیف

Persian

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kiːf]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiːf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰiːf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰif]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiːf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰif]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kīf
Dari reading^?	kīf
Iranian reading^?	kif
Tajik reading^?	kif

Noun

کیف • (kif) (plural کیف‌ها (kif-hâ))

bag

Derived terms

کیفی (kifi)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: kif

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَيْف (kayf).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kajf]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäjf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäjf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäjf]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʲejf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäjf]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kayf
Dari reading^?	kayf
Iranian reading^?	keyf
Tajik reading^?	kayf

Noun

کیف • (keyf)

pleasure

Derived terms

کیف کردن (keyf kardan)

Descendants

→ Bashkir: кәйеф (kəyef)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

کییف (kiyef)
کی‌یف (ki-yef)

Pronunciation

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʲijef]

Readings
Iranian reading^?	kiyef

Proper noun

کِیِف • (kiyef)

Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

Urdu

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

کیف

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), perhaps through English Kiev, or another language.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kiːf/
Rhymes: -iːf

Proper noun

کِیف • (kīf) m (Hindi spelling कीव)

Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)
- 2017 December 6, “کیف کے حالات دوسری جنگِ عظیم جیسے ہوگئے ہیں، یوکرینی وزیر خارجہ [Kyiv's situation has become similar to the situation of World War 2, minister of external affairs]”, in Jang‎^[1]:

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