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Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic تَلَف (talaf, “destruction”).
Pronunciation
Noun
telef f (Arabic spelling تەلەف)
- destruction, loss, perdition
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “telef”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 602
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تلف (telef), from Arabic تَلَف (talaf).
Noun
telef (definite accusative telefi, plural telefler)
- destruction, loss
- trash, waste
Declension
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