alif

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English

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Alif

Etymology

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From Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Doublet of aleph and alpha.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alif (plural alifs)

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

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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alif m (plural alif)

  1. alif (Arabic letter)

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Hausa

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

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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alìf f

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

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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alif f (invariable)

  1. the name of the Arabic-script letter ا

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Northern Kurdish

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Central Kurdish ئاڵف (allif)

Etymology

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

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Noun

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alif m (Arabic spelling ئالف)

  1. fodder, forage, feed

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References

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

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Noun

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alif (plural aliflar)

  1. the Arabic letter ا

Declension

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