سفرة

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root س ف ر (s-f-r) meaning “to send off”, “to journey”; originally a provisions for a traveler. The Bedouin practice was to hold food within a leather sheet that was wrapped around the food and tied closed while traveling, then spread out again flat when the meal was to be consumed. Compare Aramaic ܨܘܦܪܐ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سُفْرَة (sufraf (plural سُفَر (sufar))

  1. traveling provision, victuals
  2. leather sheet, eating mat, place mat, tablecloth
  3. dining table, table board
    هُنَاكَ يَجْلِسُ جَمِيعُ أَفْرَادِ الْعَائِلَةِ حَوْلَ السُّفْرَةِ.
    hunāka yajlisu jamīʕu ʔafrādi l-ʕāʔilati ḥawla s-sufrati.
    There are all the family (members) sitting around the dining table.

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References

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  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 101–102
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 83
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سفرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1371
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سفرة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN