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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf).
Pronunciation
Noun
ətraf
- (archaic) broken plural of tərəf (“side”)
Noun
ətraf (definite accusative ətrafı, plural ətraflar)
- surrounding, vicinity, environs
- şəhərin ətrafları ― surroundings of the city
- (anatomy) limb
- yuxarı ətraflar ― upper limbs
- aşağı ətraflar ― lower limbs
- company, circle, gang, group of people surrounding someone
Özü yaxşıdır, ətrafı pis.- He himself is good, but his circle is bad.
Declension
Possessive forms of ətraf
Derived terms
Postposition
ətraf
- only used in ətrafında and ətrafına: around
evin ətrafına hasar çəkmək- to build a fence around the house
- (literally, “build a fence to all sides of the house”)
Adjective
ətraf
- surrounding, local, neighboring
- Dağlıq Qarabağ və ətraf rayonlar ― Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts
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