كرفتار
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- կիրիֆթար (giriftar), կիրիֆտար (girifdar /giriftar/) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گِرِفْتَار (giriftār).
Adjective
كرفتار • (giriftâr)
- taken captive, captive, imprisoned, seized, captured
- كرفتار عشق ― giriftâr-ı ʼışk ― taken captive by love, captive of love
- كرفتار سودا ― giriftâr-ı sevdâ ― taken captive by love, captive of love
- كرفتار اولمق ― giriftâr olmak ― to be taken captive
- 16th Century, Me'âlî, Mecmu'â-ı eş'âr, page 31a:
- قو كوكل بوسه كه جانیله خریدار اولسون
بالله ای غنجهدهن یوق دیمه بازار اولسون
كورب اشفتهلرین حالنه رحم ایلمین
كورهین بنجلین درده كرفتار اولسون- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- afflicted with, involved with [with dative]
- حزنه كرفتار ― hüzne giriftâr ― afflicted with sorrow
Derived terms
- كرفتارلق (giriftârlık, “captivity”)
- كرفتاری (giriftârî, “of or relating to being seized”)
Related terms
- كرفت (girift, “seizing, capturing”)
Descendants
- Turkish: giriftar
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كرفتار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1550
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “giriftar”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı