حرف

See also: خرف, خرق, حرق, and خ ر ق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ر ف (ḥ-r-f).

Verb

حَرَفَ (ḥarafa) I, non-past يَحْرِفُ‎ (yaḥrifu)

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Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈħarrafa/, [ˈħɑrrɑfɑ]

Verb

حَرَّفَ (ḥarrafa) II, non-past يُحَرِّفُ‎ (yuḥarrifu)

  1. to slant, to incline
  2. to bend down, up, or back, to turn down, up, or back
  3. to deflect
  4. to distort, to corrupt, to falsify, to misconstrue, to pervert, to twist
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ح ر ف (ḥ-r-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈħarf(un)/, [ˈħɑrf(un)]
  • (file)

Noun

حَرْف (ḥarf) m (plural حُرُوف (ḥurūf) or أَحْرُف (ʾaḥruf))

  1. verbal noun of حَرَفَ (ḥarafa) (form I)
  2. letter (of the alphabet), piece of type
    حَرْفًا بِحَرْفٍḥarfan bi-ḥarfinword for word
  3. consonant
  4. (grammar) particle
  5. (obsolete) word
Declension
Descendants

Noun

حَرْف (ḥarf) m (plural حِرَف (ḥiraf))

  1. cutting edge, sharp edge
  2. border, brink, edge, rim
Declension

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈħiraf/, [ˈħirɑf]

Noun

حِرَف (ḥiraf) f pl

  1. plural of حِرْفَة (ḥirfa)

Etymology 4

Noun

حُرْف (ḥurf) m

  1. cress (Lepidium sativum, a garden vegetable)
Declension

References

  • Praetorius, Franz (1909), “Ḥarfun = Terminus”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 63, pages 504–505

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf).

Pronunciation

Noun

حرف (harf) (plural حرف‌ها (harf-hâ) or حروف (horuf))

  1. speech
  2. talk
  3. letter
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic حِرَف (ḥiraf).

Pronunciation

Noun

حرف (heraf)

  1. (archaic) plural of حرفه
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