# جفن
## Arabic
### Etymology

From the root ج ف ن (j-f-n). Cognate to Hebrew גֶּפֶן (gép̄en, “vine”), Classical Syriac ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entā, “vine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒafn/
** (Gulf) IPA: /d͡ʒɪfɪn/

### Noun

جَفْن • (jafn) m (plural جُفُون (jufūn) or أَجْفَان (ʔajfān))
* eyelid
* (archaic) vat, tub
* (archaic) vine, grapevine
* (archaic) enceinte, close, buildings of fortification surrounding an area
** 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎, volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 351, lines 4–7:وممّا شاع من أفعال مولانا أيده الله في الجهاد إنشاؤه الأجفان بجميع السواحل واستكثاره من عُدَد البحر وهذا في زمان الصلح والمُهادنة إعْدادًا لأيّام القِرة وأخذًا بالحزم في قطع أَطْماع الكفّار.One of the most notable deeds of our master (God assist him!) of struggle is his engineering of enceintes on all shores, and his manifold provisions in naval matters, in time of peace and armistice to prepare for days of war, to shortcircuit the cravings of the infidels resolutely.
* (archaic) a kind of round ship
** 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎, volume II, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1854, page 234, line 1 a fine:
** 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎, volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 105, line 2:
** 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎, volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 271, line 3 a fine:

#### Derived terms

* جَفْنَة (jafna)

#### Descendants

* Maltese: ġifen
* → Azerbaijani: cəfn
* → Persian: جفن (jafn)
* → Ottoman Turkish: جفن (cefn)
** Turkish: cefn
* →⇒? Middle Armenian: ճփնի (čpʻni)

### References

* Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, pages 338–340
* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جفن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 201

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَفْن (jafn).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

جفن • (gifn) m (plural جفون (gufū́n))
* eyelid

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ج ف ن
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic جِفْن (jifn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒi.fin/, [d͡ʒɪfɪn]

### Noun

جفن • (jifin) m (construct state جِفْن (jifn), plural جُفُون (jufūn) or أَجْفَان (ʔajfān))
* eyelid

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَفْن (jafn, “eyelid”).

### Noun

جفن • (cefn) (plural اجفان (ecfan))
* eyelid, a thin skin membrane that covers the eye
    Synonym: گوز قپاغی (göz kapağı)
* scabbard, the sheath of a sword or knife
    Synonyms: غلف (gılıf), قین (kın)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: cefn

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cefn”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 768
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جفن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 442
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جفن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 1626
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جفن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 666

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَفْن (jafn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒifn/, [ˈʒɪ.f(ɪ)n]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

جفن • (jifn) m (plural جفون (jfūn) or جفونة (jfūne))
* eyelid