الطف

See also: ألطف

Arabic

Proper noun

الطَّف • (aṭ-ṭaf) f

1. Karbala, a city in Iraq, holy to Shia Muslims as the site of the martyrdom of Hussein

   Synonyms: كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), الحائِر (al-ḥāʔir), النَّوَاسِيس (an-nawāsīs), الغَاضِرِيَّة (al-ḡāḍiriyya)

2. (historical) the bank of the Euphrates near Karbala

Verb

اُلْطُفْ • (ulṭuf) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of لَطَفَ (laṭafa)