كرفتار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • կիրիֆթար (giriftar), կիրիֆտար (girifdar /⁠giriftar⁠/) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گِرِفْتَار (giriftār).

Adjective

كرفتار • (giriftâr)

  1. 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)
  2. 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”)
  • كرفت (girift, “seizing, capturing”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: giriftar

Further reading

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