तरफ़

See also: तरफ, तारीफ़, and तरफ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

From Arabic طَرَف‎ (ṭaraf). Cognate with Turkish taraf.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾəf/

Noun

तरफ़ • (taraf) f (Urdu spelling طرف‎)

direction, side
हवाई जहाज़ कौनसी तरफ़ जा रहा है?
havāī jahāz kaunsī taraf jā rahā hai?
Which way is the plane going?

Synonym: ओर (or)
side, edge; face
side (of an argument), bias
(historical) a revenue-collection area, a taraf, a tahsil

Declension

Declension of तरफ़
	Singular	Plural
Direct	तरफ़ (taraf)	तरफ़ें (tarfẽ)
Oblique	तरफ़ (taraf)	तरफ़ों (tarfõ)
Vocative	तरफ़ (taraf)	तरफ़ो (tarfo)

Derived terms

की तरफ़ (kī taraf)
तरफ़दार (tarafdār, “partisan; revenue-collector”)
तरफ़दारी (tarafdārī, “partisanship, bias; revenue-collection”)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989), “तरफ़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

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