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Arabic
Etymology
لَطِيف (laṭīf) + ـَة (-a)
Pronunciation
Noun
لَطِيفَة • (laṭīfa) f (plural لَطَائِف (laṭāʔif))
- witticism, quip
- joke, jest
- subtlety, nicety
Descendants
Adjective
لَطِيفَة • (laṭīfa) f
- feminine singular of لَطِيف (laṭīf)
References
- Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “لطيفة”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “لطيفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “لطيفة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz