صوف

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Arabic

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Root
ص و ف (ṣ w f)
3 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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صَوِفَ (ṣawifa) I (non-past يَصْوَفُ (yaṣwafu), verbal noun صَوَف (ṣawaf))

  1. to produce wool, to increase its wool (of sheep, etc.)
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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صَوَّفَ (ṣawwafa) II (non-past يُصَوِّفُ (yuṣawwifu), verbal noun تَصْوِيف (taṣwīf))

  1. to produce wool, to increase its wool (of sheep, etc.)
  2. to make someone Sufi
  3. to have cotton-like fungus (see the image) (of plants)
  4. (intransitive) to decay (to have wool-like fungus)
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Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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صُوف (ṣūfm (collective, singulative صُوفَة f (ṣūfa), plural أَصْوَاف (ʔaṣwāf))

  1. wool
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Malay: suf
  • Swahili: sufi, sufu

Sindhi

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Etymology

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From Persian.

Noun

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صوف (sūfu) (Devanagari spelling सूफ़ु)

  1. apple