تلفون

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French téléphone.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

تِلِفُون or تِلِفُون or تَلِفُون (tilifūn or telefōn or talifōnm (plural تِلِفُونَات (tilifūnāt) or تِلِفُونَات (telefōnāt) or تَلِفُونَات (talifōnāt))

  1. telephone
Declension[edit]
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References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “تلفون”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

تُلْفُونَ (tulfūna) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

تُلْفَوْنَ (tulfawna) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine plural non-past passive indicative of أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

تَلُفُّونَ (taluffūna) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of لَفَّ (laffa)

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French téléphone.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

تلفون (tilifūnm (plural تلافن (tlāfin) or تلفونات (tilifūnāt))

  1. telephone

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ت ل ف ن
2 terms

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French téléphone.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ta.la.foːn/, [ta.laˈfoːn]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

تلفون (talafōn, tilfōnm (plural تلفونات (talefōnāt))

  1. telephone, phone
    التلفون برنّ.
    it-talefōn birenn
    The phone rings.
  2. phone call

See also[edit]

  • اتصل (ittaṣal, to contact; to phone, call)
  • ضرب تلفون (ḍarab talefōn, to call, literally to hit the phone)
  • خلوي (ḵalawi, cellphone, mobile phone)