خف

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See also: حف and حق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ف ف (ḵ f f)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

خَفَّ (ḵaffa) I (non-past يَخِفُّ (yaḵiffu), verbal noun خِفَّة (ḵiffa))

  1. to be lightweight
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 101:6-11:
      فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ ۝ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ۝ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ۝ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
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  2. to become lighter in weight, to lose weight
  3. (intransitive) to decrease, to abate, to lessen
    خَفَّ الْمَطَرُ
    ḵaffa l-maṭaru
    the rain abated
  4. to depart, go away
  5. (of colors) to be less vivid, to be bleached
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

خُفّ (ḵuffm (plural أَخْفَاف (ʔaḵfāf) or خِفَاف (ḵifāf))

  1. (dated) the hoof of a camel
    Synonym: فِرْسِن (firsin)
    Hypernym: حَافِر (ḥāfir)
  2. (figurative) boot
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 39:210:
      بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي بِطَرِيقٍ ٱشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَطَشُ، فَوَجَدَ بِئْرًا فَنَزَلَ فِيهَا فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، فَإِذَا كَلْبٌ يَلْهَثُ، يَأْكُلُ الثَّرَى مِنَ الْعَطَشِ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: لَقَدْ بَلَغَ هَذَا الْكَلْبَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ مِثْلُ الَّذِي كَانَ بَلَغَ مِنِّي، فَنَزَلَ الْبِئْرَ فَمَلَأَ خُفَّهُ مَاءً ثُمَّ أَمْسَكَهُ بِفِيهِ حَتَّى رَقِيَ فَسَقَى الْكَلْبَ فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ
      baynamā rajulun yamšī biṭarīqin štadda ʕalayhi l-ʕaṭašu, fawajada biʔran fanazala fīhā fašariba ṯumma ḵaraja, faʔiḏā kalbun yalhaṯu, yaʔkulu ṯ-ṯarā mina l-ʕaṭaši, faqāla r-rajulu: laqad balaḡa haḏā l-kalba mina l-ʕaṭaši miṯlu llaḏī kāna balaḡa minnī, fanazala l-biʔra famalaʔa ḵuffahu māʔan ṯumma ʔamsakahu bifīhi ḥattā raqiya fasaqā l-kalba fašakara l-lahu lahu faḡafara lahu
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Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

خَفْ (ḵaf) (form I) /xaf/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of خَافَ (ḵāfa)

Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kewi.

Noun

خَف (xaf)

  1. (anatomy) ear

Further reading

  • Saleh Muhammad Shad (2021) “خف”, in Brahui English Dictionary, Quetta, Pakistan: Balochi Academy, →ISBN, page 104, column 1

Persian

Etymology

Apparently a Turkic borrowing. Compare Ottoman Turkish قاو (kav) / Azerbaijani qov (tinder) and خاو (hav, fuzz, down) / xov (nap, pile).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xwaf
Dari reading? xuf
Iranian reading? xof
Tajik reading? xuf

Noun

خف (xof, xaf)

  1. amadou
  2. a singed tatter
  3. a bundle for clothing
    Synonym: بوغچه (bôğča)

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