From Proto-Germanic *hreubaz, *hreufaz (“rough, scabby”). <span class="searchmatch">hruf</span> f dandruff, scabies, leprosy German: Rufe (dialectal) → Italian: roffia...
kbīr) m (dual حرفين كبار (ḥarfēn kbār), plural حروف كبيرة (<span class="searchmatch">ḥrūf</span> kbār) or حروف كبار (<span class="searchmatch">ḥrūf</span> kbār)) a majuscule letter, a capital letter. Antonym: حرف صغير...
From Italian ruffiano, roffia (“dirt”), from <span class="searchmatch">hrŭf</span> (“eschar, crust”). Cognate with Icelandic hrufla (“to scratch”), English ruffle. IPA(key): /ɾuˈfça.nos/...
rufián Borrowed from Italian ruffiano, roffia (“dirt”), from Old High German <span class="searchmatch">hrŭf</span> (“eschar, crust”). Cognate with Icelandic hrufla (“to scratch”), English...
roffia (uncountable) Obsolete form of raffia. Borrowed from Lombardic <span class="searchmatch">hrūf</span> (“dandruff”). First attested in 1321. IPA(key): /ˈrof.fja/ Rhymes: -offja Hyphenation:...
who constitute the ruffianos. From roffia (“dirt”), from Old High German <span class="searchmatch">hruf</span> (“eschar, crust”). Cognate with Icelandic hrufla (“to scratch”), English...
Icelandic hrufa, German rufe, Middle Low German rōve, and Middle High German <span class="searchmatch">hruf</span>, ruf. Also likely cognate with Swedish rysa (“shiver”) and rå (“uncovered”)...
Bokmål: flass n Nynorsk: flass n Okinawan: 鱗 (いりち, irichi) Old High German: <span class="searchmatch">hruf</span> f Old Tupi: 'apiku'i Oroqen: alʊkta Ossetian: кӕнк (kænk) Palauan: chelechelóul...