ظرف

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See also: طرق and طرف

Arabic

Root
ظ ر ف (ẓ-r-f)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðˤarf/
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Noun

ظَرْف • (ẓarf) m (plural ظُرُوف (ẓurūf))

  1. vessel, container, receptacle
  2. metal saucer
  3. box, pasteboard box, purse, bag
  4. egg cup
  5. envelope (for a letter)
  6. case
  7. cover
  8. (grammar) adverb, adverbial expression denoting place or time
    Hyponyms: ظَرْف زَمَان (ẓarf zamān), ظَرْف مَكَان (ẓarf makān)
  9. circumstance, condition
  10. wit, sagacity
  11. gracefulness, elegance, culture

Declension

Declension of noun ظَرْف (ẓarf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ظَرْف
ẓarf 		الظَّرْف
aẓ-ẓarf 		ظَرْف
ẓarf
Nominative ظَرْفٌ
ẓarfun 		الظَّرْفُ
aẓ-ẓarfu 		ظَرْفُ
ẓarfu
Accusative ظَرْفًا
ẓarfan 		الظَّرْفَ
aẓ-ẓarfa 		ظَرْفَ
ẓarfa
Genitive ظَرْفٍ
ẓarfin 		الظَّرْفِ
aẓ-ẓarfi 		ظَرْفِ
ẓarfi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ظَرْفَيْن
ẓarfayn 		الظَّرْفَيْن
aẓ-ẓarfayn 		ظَرْفَيْ
ẓarfay
Nominative ظَرْفَانِ
ẓarfāni 		الظَّرْفَانِ
aẓ-ẓarfāni 		ظَرْفَا
ẓarfā
Accusative ظَرْفَيْنِ
ẓarfayni 		الظَّرْفَيْنِ
aẓ-ẓarfayni 		ظَرْفَيْ
ẓarfay
Genitive ظَرْفَيْنِ
ẓarfayni 		الظَّرْفَيْنِ
aẓ-ẓarfayni 		ظَرْفَيْ
ẓarfay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ظُرُوف
ẓurūf 		الظُّرُوف
aẓ-ẓurūf 		ظُرُوف
ẓurūf
Nominative ظُرُوفٌ
ẓurūfun 		الظُّرُوفُ
aẓ-ẓurūfu 		ظُرُوفُ
ẓurūfu
Accusative ظُرُوفًا
ẓurūfan 		الظُّرُوفَ
aẓ-ẓurūfa 		ظُرُوفَ
ẓurūfa
Genitive ظُرُوفٍ
ẓurūfin 		الظُّرُوفِ
aẓ-ẓurūfi 		ظُرُوفِ
ẓurūfi

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: ظرف (ḏ̣arf)
  • Hijazi Arabic: ظرف (ẓarf)
  • → Afar: dárfi
  • → Albanian: zarf
  • → English: zarf
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ظرف
  • → Persian: ظرف
  • → Serbo-Croatian: zȁrf
  • → Turkish: zarf

References

Azerbaijani

Noun

ظرف

  1. Arabic spelling of zərf (“adverb”)

Declension

Declension of ظرف
singular plural
nominative ظرف ظرفلر
definite accusative ظرفی ظرفلری
dative ظرفه ظرفلره
locative ظرفده ظرفلرده
ablative ظرفدن ظرفلردن
definite genitive ظرفین ظرفلرین

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ظ ر ف
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

Noun

ظَرف • (ẓarf) m (plural ظُروف (ẓurūf))

  1. envelope
  2. case
  3. condition

Persian

FWOTD – 20 July 2022

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ḏarf
Dari reading? zarf
Iranian reading? zarf
Tajik reading? zarf

Noun

Dari ظرف
Iranian Persian
Tajik зарф

ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف (zoruf) or ظرف‌ها (zarf-hâ))

  1. dish, vessel, container
    Synonym: بشقاب (bošqâb)
    ظرف‌هارا پاک کن ― zarf-hā-rā pāk kun ― clean the dishes (Dari, very formal)
    • 2017, “عکس‌خبر؛ رکورد گران‌ترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد”, in BBC Persian‎:
      رکورد گران‌ترین ظرف چینی شکسته شد
      rekord-e gerân-tarin zarf-e čini šekaste šod
      the record for the most expensive porcelain dish has been broken
  2. (figurative) ability, capacity
  3. (figurative) patience, forbearance
  4. (grammar) adverb

Descendants

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

ظَرَف • (zaraf) ? (Hindi spelling ज़रफ़)

  1. dish, vessel, container
    Synonym: برتن (bartan)
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