خرافة

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Arabic

Root
خ ر ف (ḵ r f)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

خُرَافَة (ḵurāfaf (plural خُرَافَات (ḵurāfāt))

  1. (archaic) plucked up fruits
  2. myth, chatter, rigmarole, mumbo jumbo, cock-and-bull story, tall tale

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References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خرافة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 478
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “خرافة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 562

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xu.raː.fe/,
  • IPA(key): /xu.raː.fa/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

خرافة (ḵurāfef (feminine خرافات (ḵurāfāt))

  1. legend, superstition, old wives' tale