قرفة

See also: فرقة

Arabic

Etymology

Referenced as κάρφεα (kárphea, “cinnamon”) in Herodotus's Histories in connection to Arabia by 440 B.C., as well as being attested as a name in Pre-Islamic Arabia; containers with cinnamon residue have been found in the Levant dating to 3,000 years ago. Related to قِلْف (qilf, “bark, rind”), قِلَافَة‏ (qilāfaᵗ, “bark, outer covering”), and Classical Syriac ܩܠܦܬܐ (qlāp̄tā, “bark, peel”); perhaps ultimately an early Semitic borrowing from a Dravidian language such as the precursor of the Tamil கருவா (karuvā, “cinnamon or clove tree”).

Noun

قِرْفَة • (qirfa) f

1. cinnamon

   Synonym: دَارْصِينِيّ (dārṣīniyy)

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْفَة (qirfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْفَة qirfa	الْقِرْفَة al-qirfa	قِرْفَة qirfat
Nominative	قِرْفَةٌ qirfatun	الْقِرْفَةُ al-qirfatu	قِرْفَةُ qirfatu
Accusative	قِرْفَةً qirfatan	الْقِرْفَةَ al-qirfata	قِرْفَةَ qirfata
Genitive	قِرْفَةٍ qirfatin	الْقِرْفَةِ al-qirfati	قِرْفَةِ qirfati

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “قرف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2987
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 921

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa).

Noun

قرفة • (qirfa(t))

1. cinnamon

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Hijazi Arabic

قِرْفَة

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡirfa/

Noun

قِرفَة • (girfa) f pl

1. cinnamon

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْفَة (qirfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qarfa/

Noun

قَرفَة • (qarfa) f pl

1. cinnamon