طرف

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See also: طرق and ظرف

Arabic

Root
ط ر ف (ṭ-r-f)

Verb

طَرَفَ (ṭarafa) I, non-past يَطْرِفُ‎ (yaṭrifu)

  1. to push someone away from something
  2. to slap someone
  3. to touch and injure someone in the eye to the point of making tears flow
  4. to close one's eye
  5. to blink
  6. to look, take a look

Conjugation

Noun

طَرْف (ṭarfm

  1. eye, eyes
  2. glance, look
  3. edge, extremity
  4. generous man of noble birth

Declension

Noun

طَرَف (ṭarafm (plural أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf))

  1. end, tip, point, edge, border
  2. side
  3. area, section
  4. part, bit, some (مِن (min) something)
  5. limb
  6. participant, party, player, team

Declension

Descendants

(via plural form أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf))

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَف (ṭaraf).

Noun

طرف (taraf) (dual طرفان, oblique dual طرفین, feminine and plural اطراف)

  1. end; side; edge; border
    بر طرفدنbir tarafdanfrom one side
  2. part, portion
  3. site, place
  4. district, region
  5. side (one party in a dispute)
    طرف طوتمقtaraf tutmakto take sides

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَف (ṭaraf).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? taraf
Dari reading? taraf
Iranian reading? taraf
Tajik reading? taraf
  • (file)

Noun

Dari طرف
Iranian Persian
Tajik тараф

طرف (taraf) (plural اطراف)

  1. side
  2. area
  3. direction

Urdu

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic طَرَف (ṭaraf).

Pronunciation

Noun

طَرَف (taraff (Hindi spelling तरफ़)

  1. side
  2. direction

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu طرف (taraf).

Noun

طرف (taraf)

  1. side
  2. direction