Borrowed fromPersianجفت(joft), fromMiddle Persian[Book Pahlavi needed](ywht/ǰuxt/), ultimately fromProto-Iranian*yuxtáh.
چفت• (çift) (definite accusativeچفتی(çifti),pluralچفتلر(çiftler))
- pair,couple, aset of twosimilar things taken together
- Synonym:زوج(zevc)
- mate,match, one of apair, asingle thing of acouple
- Synonyms:اش(eş),زوج(zevc)
- couple, twopartners in aromantic orsexualrelationship
- Synonym:زوج(zevc)
- yoke,team, apair ofdraught animals yoked to aplough
- Synonym:قوش(koş)
- چفت اولمق(çift olmak,“to become a pair”)
- چفت ایشی(çift işi,“filigree”)
- چفت سورمك(çift sürmek,“to drive the plough”)
- چفت چبوق(çift çubuk,“the plough and the stick”)
- چفتجی(çiftci,“farmer, agriculturist”)
- چفتلشمك(çiftleşmek,“to couple sexually”)
- چفتلك(çiftlik,“farm, agricultural estate”)
- چفتلنمك(çiftlenmek,“to become a pair”)
- چفته(çifte,“paired, double”)
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