خرافة

Arabic

Root
خ ر ف (ḵ-r-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu.raː.fa/

Noun

خُرَافَة • (ḵurāfa) f (plural خُرَافَات (ḵurāfāt))

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

Declension

Declension of noun خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرَافَة ḵurāfa	الْخُرَافَة al-ḵurāfa	خُرَافَة ḵurāfat
Nominative	خُرَافَةٌ ḵurāfatun	الْخُرَافَةُ al-ḵurāfatu	خُرَافَةُ ḵurāfatu
Accusative	خُرَافَةً ḵurāfatan	الْخُرَافَةَ al-ḵurāfata	خُرَافَةَ ḵurāfata
Genitive	خُرَافَةٍ ḵurāfatin	الْخُرَافَةِ al-ḵurāfati	خُرَافَةِ ḵurāfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرَافَتَيْن ḵurāfatayn	الْخُرَافَتَيْن al-ḵurāfatayn	خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay
Nominative	خُرَافَتَانِ ḵurāfatāni	الْخُرَافَتَانِ al-ḵurāfatāni	خُرَافَتَا ḵurāfatā
Accusative	خُرَافَتَيْنِ ḵurāfatayni	الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵurāfatayni	خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay
Genitive	خُرَافَتَيْنِ ḵurāfatayni	الْخُرَافَتَيْنِ al-ḵurāfatayni	خُرَافَتَيْ ḵurāfatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرَافَات ḵurāfāt	الْخُرَافَات al-ḵurāfāt	خُرَافَات ḵurāfāt
Nominative	خُرَافَاتٌ ḵurāfātun	الْخُرَافَاتُ al-ḵurāfātu	خُرَافَاتُ ḵurāfātu
Accusative	خُرَافَاتٍ ḵurāfātin	الْخُرَافَاتِ al-ḵurāfāti	خُرَافَاتِ ḵurāfāti
Genitive	خُرَافَاتٍ ḵurāfātin	الْخُرَافَاتِ al-ḵurāfāti	خُرَافَاتِ ḵurāfāti

Derived terms

• خُرَافِيّ (ḵurāfiyy, “fabulated”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xurafat
• Maltese: ħrafa
• → Persian: خرافه (xorâfe)
• Turkish: hurafe (in religous context — false belief) , (obselescing — in informal speech any superstitious belief)
  • → Hindi: ख़ुराफ़ात (xurāfāt) / Urdu: خرافات

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “خرافة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (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^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 562

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ر ف
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu.raː.fe/, [xʊˈrˤɑː.fe]
• IPA^(key): /xu.raː.fa/, [xʊˈrˤɑː.fa]

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Noun

خرافة • (ḵurāfe) f (feminine خرافات (ḵurāfāt))

1. legend, superstition, old wives' tale