Gulf Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic سَالِفَة (sālifa, “preceding, previous”).
Pronunciation[edit]
سالفة • (sālfa) f (plural سُوالِف (suwālif))
- a conversation, talk
- a story, narrative, account, tale
Derived terms[edit]
- شالسالفة (šis-sālfa, “what's happening, what's going on”)