साफ

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Hindi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɑːf/, [säːf], /sɑːpʰ/, [säːpʰ]

Adjective[edit]

साफ (sāf) (indeclinable)

  1. nuqtaless form of साफ़ (sāf)

Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin). Compare Gujarati સાફ (sāph), Hindi साफ़ (sāf), Punjabi ਸਾਫ਼ (sāf) / صاف (ṣāf), Bengali সাফ (śaph), Assamese চফা (sopha), চাফা (sapha).

Adjective[edit]

साफ (sāph)

  1. clean
    Synonyms: निर्मळ (nirmaḷ), स्वच्छ (svaccha)

Adverb[edit]

साफ (sāph)

  1. clearly, plainly

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “साफ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “साफ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “साफ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).