ردیف

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Azerbaijani

Noun

ردیف

  1. Arabic spelling of rədif

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

ردیف (redîf)

  1. one who rides behind another on the same beast
  2. (poetry) radif
  3. the reserve or militia of the regular Ottoman army

Descendants

  • Turkish: redif

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? raḏīf
Dari reading? radīf
Iranian reading? radif
Tajik reading? radif

Noun

Dari ردیف
Iranian Persian
Tajik радиф

ردیف (radīf / radif)

  1. one who rides behind another on the same horse
  2. following one another in a row
  3. auxiliary forces
  4. a star near the Eagle; a star which rises when the one opposite sets
  5. (poetry) radif

Descendants

References

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

رَدِیف (radīff (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਦੀਫ਼)

  1. (poetry) radif

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ردِیف”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَدِیف (radīff (Hindi spelling रदीफ़)

  1. (poetry) radif

Further reading

  • ردیف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.