ظرف

See also: طرق and طرف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ظ ر ف (ẓ-r-f).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ظَرْف • (ẓarf) m (plural ظُرُوف (ẓurūf))

1. vessel, container, receptacle
2. metal saucer
3. box, pasteboard box, purse, bag
4. egg cup
5. envelope
6. case
7. cover
8. (grammar) adverb, adverbial expression denoting place or time
9. circumstance, condition
10. wit, sagacity
11. gracefulness, elegance, culture

Declension

Declension of noun ظَرْف (ẓarf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظَرْف ẓarf	الظَّرْف aẓ-ẓarf	ظَرْف ẓarf
Nominative	ظَرْفٌ ẓarfun	الظَّرْفُ aẓ-ẓarfu	ظَرْفُ ẓarfu
Accusative	ظَرْفًا ẓarfan	الظَّرْفَ aẓ-ẓarfa	ظَرْفَ ẓarfa
Genitive	ظَرْفٍ ẓarfin	الظَّرْفِ aẓ-ẓarfi	ظَرْفِ ẓarfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظَرْفَيْن ẓarfayn	الظَّرْفَيْن aẓ-ẓarfayn	ظَرْفَيْ ẓarfay
Nominative	ظَرْفَانِ ẓarfāni	الظَّرْفَانِ aẓ-ẓarfāni	ظَرْفَا ẓarfā
Accusative	ظَرْفَيْنِ ẓarfayni	الظَّرْفَيْنِ aẓ-ẓarfayni	ظَرْفَيْ ẓarfay
Genitive	ظَرْفَيْنِ ẓarfayni	الظَّرْفَيْنِ aẓ-ẓarfayni	ظَرْفَيْ ẓarfay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ظُرُوف ẓurūf	الظُّرُوف aẓ-ẓurūf	ظُرُوف ẓurūf
Nominative	ظُرُوفٌ ẓurūfun	الظُّرُوفُ aẓ-ẓurūfu	ظُرُوفُ ẓurūfu
Accusative	ظُرُوفًا ẓurūfan	الظُّرُوفَ aẓ-ẓurūfa	ظُرُوفَ ẓurūfa
Genitive	ظُرُوفٍ ẓurūfin	الظُّرُوفِ aẓ-ẓurūfi	ظُرُوفِ ẓurūfi

Descendants

• Albanian: zarf
• Azerbaijani: zərf
• English: zarf
• Ottoman Turkish: ظرف
• Persian: ظرف
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁrf
• Turkish: zarf

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ظرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ظرف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic
Abjad		ظرف

Noun

ظرف

1. Arabic spelling of zərf (“adverb”)

Declension

Declension of ظرف

	singular	plural
nominative	ظرف	ظرفلر
definite accusative	ظرفی	ظرفلری
dative	ظرفه	ظرفلره
locative	ظرفده	ظرفلرده
ablative	ظرفدن	ظرفلردن
definite genitive	ظرفین	ظرفلرین

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zˤarf/

Noun

ظَرف • (ẓarf) m (plural ظُروف ‎(ẓurūf))

1. envelope
2. case
3. condition

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَرْف (ẓarf).

Noun

Dari	ظرف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зарф

ظرف • (zarf) (plural ظروف)

1. dish
2. container
3. vessel
4. (grammar) adverb