غرفة

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Arabic

Root
غ ر ف (ḡ r f)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣur.fa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

غُرْفَة (ḡurfaf (plural غُرُفَات (ḡurufāt) or غُرْفَات (ḡurfāt) or غُرَف (ḡuraf))

  1. room, compartment, cell, chamber
    Synonym: حُجْرَة (ḥujra)
    غُرْفَةُ الْمَعِيشَةِ
    ḡurfatu l-maʕīša
    The living room

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: غرفة (ḡurfa)
  • Moroccan Arabic: غرفة (ḡurfa)
  • South Levantine Arabic: غرفة (ḡurfe)
  • Old Catalan: algorfa
  • Swahili: ghorofa

Noun

غُرْفَة (ḡurfaf (plural غِرَاف (ḡirāf))

  1. the quantity of water laded out with the hand
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:249:
      فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي إِلَّا مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِهِ ۚ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۚ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ قَالُوا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو اللَّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Noun

غَرْفَة (ḡarfaf (plural غَرَفَات (ḡarafāt) or غِرَاف (ḡirāf))

  1. instance noun of غَرَفَ (ḡarafa)
    اِمْتَلَأَ الوِعَاءُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ غَرْفَةٍ
    imtalaʔa l-wiʕāʔu min ʔawwali ḡarfatin
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  2. the quantity of water laded out with the hand

Declension

Noun

غِرْفَة (ḡirfaf (plural غِرَف (ḡiraf))

  1. mode of lading with the hand
  2. sandal

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Root
غ ر ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa).

Pronunciation

Noun

غرفة (ḡurfaf (plural غرافي (ḡrāfi) or غرفات (ḡurfāt) or غرف (ḡruf))

  1. upper room (in a house, usually on the rooftop)
    جيب السطل من الغرفة.
    jīb es-sṭal min el-ḡurfa.
    Get the backet from the upper room.

See also

  • بيت (bīt, bayt, room)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ر ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa).

Pronunciation

Noun

غرفة (ḡurfef (plural غرف (ḡuraf))

  1. room
    Synonym: أوضة (ʔōḍa)
    غرفة النومḡurfet in-nōmbedroom
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    غرفة الصفرةḡurfet iṣ-ṣufradining room
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)