ظرف
See also: طرق and طرف
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ظ ر ف (ẓ-r-f).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
ظَرْف • (ẓarf) m (plural ظُرُوف (ẓurūf))
- vessel, container, receptacle
- metal saucer
- box, pasteboard box, purse, bag
- egg cup
- envelope (for a letter)
- case
- cover
- (grammar) adverb, adverbial expression denoting place or time
- Hyponyms: ظَرْف زَمَان (ẓarf zamān), ظَرْف مَكَان (ẓarf makān)
- circumstance, condition
- wit, sagacity
- gracefulness, elegance, culture
Declension
Declension of noun ظَرْف (ẓarf)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ظَرْف ẓarf | الظَّرْف aẓ-ẓarf | ظَرْف ẓarf |
Nominative | ظَرْفٌ ẓarfun | الظَّرْفُ aẓ-ẓarfu | ظَرْفُ ẓarfu |
Accusative | ظَرْفًا ẓarfan | الظَّرْفَ aẓ-ẓarfa | ظَرْفَ ẓarfa |
Genitive | ظَرْفٍ ẓarfin | الظَّرْفِ aẓ-ẓarfi | ظَرْفِ ẓarfi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | ظَرْفَيْن ẓarfayn | الظَّرْفَيْن aẓ-ẓarfayn | ظَرْفَيْ ẓarfay |
Nominative | ظَرْفَانِ ẓarfāni | الظَّرْفَانِ aẓ-ẓarfāni | ظَرْفَا ẓarfā |
Accusative | ظَرْفَيْنِ ẓarfayni | الظَّرْفَيْنِ aẓ-ẓarfayni | ظَرْفَيْ ẓarfay |
Genitive | ظَرْفَيْنِ ẓarfayni | الظَّرْفَيْنِ aẓ-ẓarfayni | ظَرْفَيْ ẓarfay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | ظُرُوف ẓurūf | الظُّرُوف aẓ-ẓurūf | ظُرُوف ẓurūf |
Nominative | ظُرُوفٌ ẓurūfun | الظُّرُوفُ aẓ-ẓurūfu | ظُرُوفُ ẓurūfu |
Accusative | ظُرُوفًا ẓurūfan | الظُّرُوفَ aẓ-ẓurūfa | ظُرُوفَ ẓurūfa |
Genitive | ظُرُوفٍ ẓurūfin | الظُّرُوفِ aẓ-ẓurūfi | ظُرُوفِ ẓurūfi |
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: ظرف (ḏ̣arf)
- Hijazi Arabic: ظرف (ẓarf)
- → Afar: dárfi
- → Albanian: zarf
- → Azerbaijani: zərf
- → English: zarf
- → Ottoman Turkish: ظرف
- → Persian: ظرف
- → Serbo-Croatian: zȁrf
- → Turkish: zarf
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ظرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ظرف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Azerbaijani
Noun
ظرف
- Arabic spelling of zərf (“adverb”)
Declension
Declension of ظرف
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ظرف | ظرفلر |
definite accusative | ظرفی | ظرفلری |
dative | ظرفه | ظرفلره |
locative | ظرفده | ظرفلرده |
ablative | ظرفدن | ظرفلردن |
definite genitive | ظرفین | ظرفلرین |
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zˤarf/
Noun
ظَرف • (ẓarf) m (plural ظُروف (ẓurūf))
- envelope
- case
- condition
Persian
FWOTD – 20 July 2022
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /zaɾf/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /zaɾf/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /zæɾf/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /zaɾf/
Noun
Dari | ظرف |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зарф (zarf) |
ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf))
- dish, vessel, container
- 2017, “عکسخبر؛ رکورد گرانترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد”, in BBC Persian:
- رکورد گرانترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد
- rekord-e gerântarin zarf-e čini šekaste šod
- the record for the most expensive porcelain dish has been broken
- Synonym: بشقاب (bošqâb)
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- (figuratively) ability, capacity
- (figuratively) patience, forbearance
- (grammar) adverb
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: zərf
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.ɾəf/
Noun
ظرف • (zaraf) ?
- dish, vessel, container
- Synonym: برتن (bartan)