لاف
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See also: لاق
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian لاف (lâf).
Noun
[edit]لاف • (lâf)
- word
- Synonym: سوز (söz)
- conversation, chat
- Synonym: لقردی (lakırdı)
- لاف ایتمك ― lâf etmek ― to talk, converse
- babble, chatter, chit-chat
- لاف آتمق ― lâf atmak ― to chatter, babble
- boastfulness, bragging
- لاف اورمق ― lâf urmak ― to boast
Related terms
[edit]- لافزن (lâfazan)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: laf
- → Albanian: llaf
- → Armenian: լաֆ (laf)
- → Aromanian: lafi/lafe
- → Bulgarian: лаф (laf)
- → Macedonian: лаф (laf)
- → Romanian: laf
References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1072a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1619b
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian [Term?], cognate with Pashto لودل (laudal, “to say, tell”), and Sanskrit लपति (lapati, “chatter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [lɑːf]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lɒːf]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔf]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | lāf |
Dari reading? | lāf |
Iranian reading? | lâf |
Tajik reading? | lof |
Noun
[edit]لاف • (lâf)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Ottoman Turkish: لاف (laf)
References
[edit]- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 212
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لاف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
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- Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Persian
- Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Persian
- Ottoman Turkish lemmas
- Ottoman Turkish nouns
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- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
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