alif

English
Alif

Etymology

From Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Doublet of aleph.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.lɪf/

Noun

alif (plural alifs)

  1. The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ا (ʔalif).

Translations

See also

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.lif/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

alif m (plural alif)

  1. alif (Arabic letter)

Anagrams

Hausa
Hausa numbers (edit)
1,000
    Cardinal: dubū
    Arabic-derived cardinal: alìf

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔá.lìf/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.lɪ̀ɸ]

Numeral

alìf f

  1. thousand (principally used in dates)
    Synonym: dubū

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.lif/
  • Rhymes: -alif
  • Hyphenation: à‧lif

Noun

alif f (invariable)

  1. the name of the Arabic-script letter ا

Anagrams

Northern Kurdish
Central Kurdish ئاڵف (allif)

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَف (ʕalaf, “forage, provender, feed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈlɪf/

Noun

alif m (Arabic spelling ئالف)

  1. fodder, forage, feed

Declension
Declension of alif
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative alif alif
Construct alifê alifên
Oblique alifî alifan
Demonstrative oblique wî alifî wan alifan
Vocative alifo alifino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative alifek alifin
Construct alifekî alifine
Oblique alifekî alifinan

Derived terms

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alif”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5
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