أنف

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See also: انف and انق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-. Cognate with Hebrew אף (af).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔanf/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

أَنْف (ʔanfm (plural أُنُوف (ʔunūf) or آنَاف (ʔānāf) or آنُف (ʔānuf))

  1. nose
Declension
Descendants
  • Moroccan Arabic: نيف (nīf)
  • Ottoman Turkish: انف (enf)

Etymology 2

Root
ن ف و (n f w)
1 term
Root
ن ف ي (n f y)
12 terms

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أنف (form I)

  1. أَنْفُ (ʔanfu) /ʔan.fu/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَا (nafā)
  2. أُنْفَ (ʔunfa) /ʔun.fa/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَا (nafā) and نَفَى (nafā)
  3. أَنْفِ (ʔanfi) /ʔan.fi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَى (nafā)

References

Etymology 3

Verb

أنف (form I)

  1. أَنِفُّ (ʔaniffu) /ʔa.nif.fu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَفَّ (naffa)
  2. أُنَفُّ (ʔunaffu) /ʔu.naf.fu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of نَفَّ (naffa)
  3. أَنِفَّ (ʔaniffa) /ʔa.nif.fa/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)
  4. أُنَفَّ (ʔunaffa) /ʔu.naf.fa/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)
  5. أَنِفِّ (ʔaniffi) /ʔa.nif.fi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)
  6. أُنَفِّ (ʔunaffi) /ʔu.naf.fi/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَفَّ (naffa)

Etymology 4

Verb

أنف (form I)

  1. أَنُفْ (ʔanuf) /ʔa.nuf/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَافَ (nāfa)
  2. أُنَفْ (ʔunaf) /ʔu.naf/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَافَ (nāfa)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf).

Pronunciation

Noun

أنف (ʔanfm (plural أنوف (ʔunūf))

  1. nose
    Synonym: منخار (munḵār)