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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew סֵפֶר.
Noun
sefer (plural sefarim)
- (Jewish) A book, especially a religious book.
2005 July 22, [email protected], “Moshe's new sig”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):Umm, can you tell me the name of the sefer of Rav Nachman's where he wrote this, and where I can get it ? And how the quote originally goes in Hebrew or Yiddish or Russian or whatever language he wrote in ?
2006 April 27, [email protected], “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):and I'm not referring to Rabbi Sally or Rabbi Suzy from the non-O clergy, or for that matter Rabbi Murray or Rabbi Irving from the O clergy, or even from some naarishkeit written from Aish haTorah or Artscroll; but to a recognized Posek who has authored "sefarim"
2009 July 22, Micha Berger, “Netanyahu bows down”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):Since R' Shlomo Wolbe spent more years speaking Hebrew than did Josh and wrote several sepharim in that language, I take it for granted he didn't make a grevious grammatical error.
Crimean Tatar
Noun
sefer
- times, turn.
- bir sefer = one turn, once.
Synonyms
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic سفر.
Pronunciation
Noun
sefer f (Arabic spelling سەفەر)
- trip, journey, travel
- battle, war, fight
Derived terms
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “sefer”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 533
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سفر (sefer), from Arabic سَفَر (safar). Doublet of safari.
Noun
sefer n (uncountable)
- (obsolete) military campaign
Declension
References
- sefer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سفر (sefer), from Arabic سَفَر (safar). Doublet of safari.
Pronunciation
Noun
sefer (definite accusative seferi, plural seferler)
- journey, trip
- 1937 November 13, headline in Cumhuriyet page 3:
Şişli - Fatih otobüs seferlerine başlanıyor- Şişli - Fatih bus service starts
- expedition
- (military) campaign
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sefer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN