ceafă

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ceafă

Where it comes from

Probably borrowed from Albanian qafë, of uncertain origin. May be cognate to Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Unrelated to Turkish kafa (“head”).

noun cefe · ceafă · ceafa · cefele

feminine nape (of the neck)
Similar: cerbice, grumaz

In English

neck part of body connecting the head and the trunk
nape back part of the neck

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@misc{ceafa_2026,
  title = {ceafă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ceaf%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}