تفاح

Arabic

تُفَّاح

Etymology

According to Fraenkel, a borrowing from Aramaic, but the putative etymon is not unambiguously attested in Aramaic. More prominent in Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tappū́aḥ), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (tpḥ), Punic *𐤕𐤐𐤇 (*tpḥ /⁠tappūḥ⁠/) and Semitic-borrowed Late Egyptian ḏpḥ up to Coptic ϫⲙⲡⲉϩ (čmpeh) etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/

Noun

تُفَّاح • (tuffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تُفَّاحَة f (tuffāḥa))

(uncountable) apple, apples
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Declension

Declension of noun تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ	التُّفَّاح at-tuffāḥ	تُفَّاح tuffāḥ
Nominative	تُفَّاحٌ tuffāḥun	التُّفَّاحُ at-tuffāḥu	تُفَّاحُ tuffāḥu
Accusative	تُفَّاحًا tuffāḥan	التُّفَّاحَ at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَ tuffāḥa
Genitive	تُفَّاحٍ tuffāḥin	التُّفَّاحِ at-tuffāḥi	تُفَّاحِ tuffāḥi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَة tuffāḥa	التُّفَّاحَة at-tuffāḥa	تُفَّاحَة tuffāḥat
Nominative	تُفَّاحَةٌ tuffāḥatun	التُّفَّاحَةُ at-tuffāḥatu	تُفَّاحَةُ tuffāḥatu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَةً tuffāḥatan	التُّفَّاحَةَ at-tuffāḥata	تُفَّاحَةَ tuffāḥata
Genitive	تُفَّاحَةٍ tuffāḥatin	التُّفَّاحَةِ at-tuffāḥati	تُفَّاحَةِ tuffāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَتَيْن tuffāḥatayn	التُّفَّاحَتَيْن at-tuffāḥatayn	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Nominative	تُفَّاحَتَانِ tuffāḥatāni	التُّفَّاحَتَانِ at-tuffāḥatāni	تُفَّاحَتَا tuffāḥatā
Accusative	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Genitive	تُفَّاحَتَيْنِ tuffāḥatayni	التُّفَّاحَتَيْنِ at-tuffāḥatayni	تُفَّاحَتَيْ tuffāḥatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُفَّاحَات tuffāḥāt	التُّفَّاحَات at-tuffāḥāt	تُفَّاحَات tuffāḥāt
Nominative	تُفَّاحَاتٌ tuffāḥātun	التُّفَّاحَاتُ at-tuffāḥātu	تُفَّاحَاتُ tuffāḥātu
Accusative	تُفَّاحَاتٍ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ tuffāḥāti
Genitive	تُفَّاحَاتٍ tuffāḥātin	التُّفَّاحَاتِ at-tuffāḥāti	تُفَّاحَاتِ tuffāḥāti

Descendants

→ Afar: tuffáac
→ Amharic: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ), ቱፋ (tufa)
→ Ge'ez: ትፋሕ (təffaḥ), ትፉሕ (təffuḥ), ተፋሕ (täffaḥ), ተፉሕ (täffuḥ), ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
→ Harari: ቱፋሕ (tuffaḥ)
→ Malay: tufah, topoh (in Kelantan)
→ Somali: tufaax
→ Swahili: tufaha, tufaa, tofaa
→ Tigre: ቶፋሕ (tofaḥ)
→ Tigrinya: ቱፋሕ (tufaḥ)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 140
Jacob, Georg (1892) Studien in arabischen Geographen‎ (in German), volume 4, Berlin: Meyer & Müller, page 155
Lane, Edward William (1863) “تفاح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 308
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 571
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 212–235
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 155–156

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُفّاح (tuffāḥ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/
IPA^(key): /tɪf.faːħ/
Audio (file)

Noun

تُفَّاح or تِفَّاح • (tuffāḥ or teffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تُفَّاحَة f (tuffāḥa) or تِفَّاحَة f (teffāḥa), plural تُفَّاحَات (tuffāḥāt) or تِفَّاحَات (teffāḥāt))

(uncountable) apple, apples

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُفّاح (tuffāḥ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuf.faːħ/, [tufˈfæːħ]
Audio (Bethlehem) (file)

Noun

تفاح • (tuffāḥ) m (collective, singulative تفاحة f (tuffāḥa), plural تفاحات (tuffāḥāt))

(uncountable) apples

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊf.fɑːɦ/

Noun

تُفّاح • (tuffāh) m (Hindi spelling तुफ़्फ़ाह)

apple
Synonym: سیب (seb)

References

“تفاح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“تفاح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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