طنف

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See also: طبق

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

طَنِفَ (ṭanifa) I, non-past يَطْنَفُ‎ (yaṭnafu)

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

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

طَنَّفَ (ṭannafa) II, non-past يُطَنِّفُ‎ (yuṭannifu)

  1. to suspect, to find fishy
  2. to fortify by thorns and branches
  3. to make desirous [+accusative = whom] [+ إِلَى (object) = for]

Conjugation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

طَنِف (ṭanif)

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

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “طنف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 74b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “طنف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], 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