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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَرَف (ṭaraf).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.ɾəf/, , /t̪ə.ɾəpʰ/,
Noun
तरफ़ • (taraf) f (Urdu spelling طرف)
- direction, side
- Synonym: ओर (or)
हवाई जहाज़ कौनसी तरफ़ जा रहा है?- havāī jahāz kaunsī taraf jā rahā hai?
- Which way is the plane going?
- side, edge; face
- side (of an argument), bias
- (historical) a revenue-collection area, a taraf, a tahsil
Declension
Declension of तरफ़ (fem cons-stem)
Derived terms
- की तरफ़ (kī taraf)
- तरफ़दार (tarafdār, “partisan; revenue-collector”)
- तरफ़दारी (tarafdārī, “partisanship, bias; revenue-collection”)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “तरफ़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.