كافور

Arabic

Etymology

From an Austronesian language such as Malay kapur, possibly via Middle Persian 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫‎ (kʾp̄wl /kāpūr/).

Noun

كَافُور • (kāfūr) m

  1. camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora
  2. the chemical compound camphor
  3. Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Declension
Declension of noun كَافُور (kāfūr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كَافُور
kāfūr		 الْكَافُور‎
al-kāfūr		 كَافُور
kāfūr
Nominative كَافُورٌ
kāfūrun		 الْكَافُورُ‎
al-kāfūru		 كَافُورُ
kāfūru
Accusative كَافُورًا‎
kāfūran		 الْكَافُورَ‎
al-kāfūra		 كَافُورَ
kāfūra
Genitive كَافُورٍ
kāfūrin		 الْكَافُورِ‎
al-kāfūri		 كَافُورِ
kāfūri

Descendants
  • Andalusian Arabic: الكافور‎ (alkafúr)
    • → Spanish: alcanfor
      • → Tagalog: alkampor
    • → Portuguese: alcânfora
  • → Byzantine Greek: καφουρά (kaphourá), καφούρα (kaphoúra)
    • Greek: καφουρά (kafourá)
  • → Georgian: ქაფური (kapuri)
  • → Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: kafûr
    Central Kurdish: کافوور‎ (kafûr)
    Southern Kurdish: کافوور‎ (kafûr)
  • → Latin: caphura
    • → Albanian: kamfuri (?)
  • → Persian: کافور‎ (kāfūr)
    • → Middle Armenian: քաֆուր (kʿafur)
      • Armenian: քաֆուր (kʿafur)
  • → Turkish: kâfur

References
  • Vollers, Karl (1896), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 50, page 616
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