إسراف

See also: اسراف

Arabic

Root
س ر ف (s-r-f)

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَسْرَفَ (ʔasrafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.raːf/

Noun

إِسْرَاف • (ʔisrāf) m

1. verbal noun of أَسْرَفَ (ʔasrafa) (form IV)
2. extravagance, splurge, squander, prodigality
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:147:

     رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِىٓ أَمْرِنَا

     “Our Lord! Forgive our sins and excesses.

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْرَاف (ʔisrāf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْرَاف ʔisrāf	الْإِسْرَاف al-ʔisrāf	إِسْرَاف ʔisrāf
Nominative	إِسْرَافٌ ʔisrāfun	الْإِسْرَافُ al-ʔisrāfu	إِسْرَافُ ʔisrāfu
Accusative	إِسْرَافًا ʔisrāfan	الْإِسْرَافَ al-ʔisrāfa	إِسْرَافَ ʔisrāfa
Genitive	إِسْرَافٍ ʔisrāfin	الْإِسْرَافِ al-ʔisrāfi	إِسْرَافِ ʔisrāfi

Derived terms

• مُسْرِف (musrif)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: israf
• → Kazakh: ысырап (ysyrap)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اسراف
  • Turkish: israf
• → Persian: اسراف
• → Urdu: اسراف (isrāf)
• → Uzbek: isrof