شلف

شلف

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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Verb 1

شَلَف (šalaf) (non-past يشلُف ,يشلِف‎ (yišlof, yišlef), verbal noun شلف, šaləf)

1. to toss, to hurl, to throw

Derived terms

• شلفة‎ (šalfe, “a toss”)

Verb 2

شلّف (šallaf)

1. to pack the luggage
2. (by extension) to leave one's home, to move (from عن‎)

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Persian

Etymology

From Russian шалава (šalava).

Noun

شلف • (šalf)

1. (derogatory) a prostitute, a whore