تلفون

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French téléphone.

Alternative forms

• تليفون

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.li.fuːn/
• IPA^(key): /te.le.foːn/
• IPA^(key): /ta.li.foːn/

Noun

تِلِفُون or تِلِفُون or تَلِفُون • (tilifūn or telefōn or talifōn) m (plural تِلِفُونَات (tilifūnāt) or تِلِفُونَات (telefōnāt) or تَلِفُونَات (talifōnāt))

1. telephone

Declension

Synonyms

• هَاتِف (hātif)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “تلفون”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /tul.fuː.na/

Verb

تُلْفُونَ • (tulfūna) (form IV)

1. second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /tul.faw.na/

Verb

تُلْفَوْنَ • (tulfawna) (form IV)

1. second-person masculine plural non-past passive indicative of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)

Etymology 3

Verb

تَلُفُّونَ • (taluffūna) (form I)

1. second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of لَفَّ (laffa)

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• تليفون (tilīfūn)

Etymology

From French téléphone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.li.fuːn/

Noun

تلفون • (tilifūn) m (plural تلافن (tlāfin) or تلفونات (tilifūnāt))

1. telephone

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• تلفن (talifun)

Etymology

From French téléphone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.la.foːn/,

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

تلفون • (talafōn, tilfōn) m (plural تلفونات (talefōnāt))

1. telephone, phone

   التلفون برنّ.

   it-talefōn birenn

   The phone rings.

2. phone call

See also

• اتصل (ittaṣal, “to contact; to phone, call”)
• ضرب تلفون (ḍarab talefōn, “to call”, literally “to hit the phone”)
• خلوي (ḵalawi, “cellphone, mobile phone”)