ظرف

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See also: طرق and طرف

Arabic

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Root
ظ ر ف (ẓ r f)
5 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ðˤarf/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ظَرْف (ẓarfm (plural ظُرُوف (ẓurūf))

  1. vessel, container, receptacle
  2. metal saucer
  3. box, pasteboard box, purse, bag
  4. egg cup
  5. envelope (for a letter)
  6. case
  7. cover
  8. (grammar) adverb, adverbial expression denoting place or time
    Hyponyms: ظَرْف زَمَان (ẓarf zamān), ظَرْف مَكَان (ẓarf makān)
  9. circumstance, condition
  10. wit, sagacity
  11. gracefulness, elegance, culture

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Gulf Arabic: ظرف (ḏ̣arf)
  • Hijazi Arabic: ظرف (ẓarf)
  • Afar: dárfi
  • Albanian: zarf
  • English: zarf
  • Ottoman Turkish: ظرف
  • Persian: ظرف
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȁrf
  • Turkish: zarf

References

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Azerbaijani

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Noun

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ظرف

  1. Arabic spelling of zərf (adverb)

Declension

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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ظ ر ف
1 term

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ظَرف (ẓarfm (plural ظُروف (ẓurūf))

  1. envelope
  2. case
  3. condition

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

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Readings
Classical reading? ḏarf
Dari reading? zarf
Iranian reading? zarf
Tajik reading? zarf

Noun

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Dari ظرف
Iranian Persian
Tajik зарф

ظرف (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرف‌ها (zarf-hâ))

  1. dish, vessel, container
    Synonym: بشقاب (bošqâb)
    ظرف‌هارا پاک کنzarf-hā-rā pāk kunclean the dishes (Dari, very formal)
    • 2017, “عکس‌خبر؛ رکورد گران‌ترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد”, in BBC Persian[3]:
      رکورد گران‌ترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد
      rekord-e gerân-tarin zarf-e čini šekaste šod
      the record for the most expensive porcelain dish has been broken
  2. (figurative) ability, capacity
  3. (figurative) patience, forbearance
  4. (grammar) adverb

Descendants

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Urdu

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Noun

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ظَرَف (zaraf? (Hindi spelling ज़रफ़)

  1. dish, vessel, container
    Synonym: برتن (bartan)