اطراف

See also: أطراف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf).

Noun

اطراف • (etraf)

1. plural of طرف (taraf, “side”)
2. sides
3. surroundings
   • 1923, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba‎^[1], page 40:

     بوكا كیمسه احتمال ویره‌میور و شاشقین كوزلرله یكی چیفتك اطرافنی آلیوردی.

     Buna kimse ihtimal veremiyor ve şaşkın gözlerle yeni çiftin etrafını alıyordu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Commonly used in a possessed form with a meaning like around.

Descendants

• Turkish: etraf
• → Armenian: էթռաֆ (ētʻṙaf), էթրաֆ (ētʻraf), ա̈թռա̈ֆ (ätʻṙäf), աթրաֆ (atʻraf), աթրափ (atʻrapʻ)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “etraf”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔat.ˈraːf/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.ɾɑ́ːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.ɾɑ́ːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.ɾɑ́ːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.ɾɔ́ːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæt̪.ɹɒ́ːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.ɾɔ́f]

Readings
Classical reading?	atrāf
Dari reading?	atrāf
Iranian reading?	atrâf
Tajik reading?	atrof

Noun

اطراف • (atrāf / atrâf) (Tajik spelling атроф)

1. plural of طرف (taraf)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic إِطْرَاف (ʔiṭrāf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔit.ˈraːf/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.ɾɑ́ːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.ɾɑ́ːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪt̪.ɾɑ́ːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.ɾɔ́ːf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔet̪.ɹɒ́ːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔit̪.ɾɔ́f]

Readings
Classical reading?	itrāf
Dari reading?	itrāf
Iranian reading?	etrâf
Tajik reading?	itrof

Noun

اطراف • (itrāf / etrâf) (Tajik spelling итроф) (verbal noun)

1. viewing, inspecting

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اطراف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَطْرَاف (atrāf), from Arabic أَطْرَاف (ʔaṭrāf).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ət̪.ɾɑːf/

Noun

اطراف • (atrāf) ? (Hindi spelling अतराफ़)

1. plural of طرف (taraf)
2. vicinity