طنف

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See also: طبق

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown, probably related to طُنُب (ṭunub, rope), a variant of which is told طَنَف (ṭanaf, reed-straps over a wicker-basket), if the “connection” idea in the meaning of a “cornice” is regarded, which is also present in exact cognate Ge'ez ጥንፍ (ṭənf, prominence; cornice; cross-beam, joint between pillars etc.); this architectural peculiarity may beckon a borrowing from Old South Arabian.

Noun

طُنُف or طُنْف or طَنَف or طَنْف (ṭunuf or ṭunf or ṭanaf or ṭanfm (plural طُنُوف (ṭunūf) or أَطْنَاف (ʔaṭnāf))

  1. overhang of a mountain, projectory part of a peak in a landscape, knoll
  2. overhang of a building, ledger, cornice, eaves

Declension

Verb

طَنِفَ (ṭanifa) I (non-past يَطْنَفُ (yaṭnafu), verbal noun طَنَف (ṭanaf) or طَنَافَة (ṭanāfa) or طُنُوفَة (ṭunūfa))

  1. to have the heart twisted, to scorn, to abstain from
  2. to be suspect

Conjugation

Verb

طَنَّفَ (ṭannafa) II (non-past يُطَنِّفُ (yuṭannifu), verbal noun تَطْنِيف (taṭnīf))

  1. to suspect, to find fishy
  2. to fortify by thorns and branches
  3. to make desirous

Conjugation

Adjective

طَنِف (ṭanif)

  1. someone of twisted or abstentious heart
  2. suspect, dodgy

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “طنف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 74b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “طنف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, pages 646b–647a
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “طنف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 667b