نفر

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ن ف ر (n-f-r)

Verb[edit]

نَفَرَ (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفُرُ or يَنْفِرُ‎ (yanfuru or yanfiru)

  1. to shy, to bolt, to stampede
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

نَفَرَ (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ‎ (yanfiru)

  1. to flee, to run away, to turn tail, to scamper, to abscond, to get away, to escape
  2. to break loose, to recoil, to slip away, to free oneself, to get free, to break away, to free
  3. to have an aversion, to have a distaste
  4. to hate intensely, to dislike, to be disinclined to, to feel disgust for, to have an aversion to, to detest, to abhor, to loathe
  5. to avoid, to shun, to eschew
  6. to hurry, to rush, to hasten
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

نَفَرَ (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ‎ (yanfiru)

  1. to bulge, to swell, to jut out, to protrude, to stand out, to stick out
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

نَفَّرَ (naffara) II, non-past يُنَفِّرُ‎ (yunaffiru)

  1. to startle, to frighten, to scare away, to frighten away, to drive away, to chase away
  2. to shy, to bolt, to stampede
  3. to alienate, to estrange, to deter, to make dissatisfied
  4. to make averse to, to make disinclined to, to make hateful to, to alienate from, to make someone hate
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

نَفَر (nafarm (plural أَنْفَار (ʔanfār))

  1. verbal noun of نَفَرَ (nafara) (form I)
  2. band, party, group, troop, herd, coterie, collective, cohort, clique, company, association, society, gang, flock, circle, cabal, squad, community, crowd
  3. (military) unit, troop
  4. (military) soldier, private, man
  5. guy, individual, person, gent, persona
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Armenian: նաֆար (nafar)
  • Azerbaijani: nəfər
  • Ottoman Turkish: نفر (nefer)
  • Persian: نفر (nafar)
  • Tajik: нафар (nafar)
  • Uyghur: نەپەر (neper)

Etymology 4[edit]

Adjective[edit]

نَفْر or نُفَّر (nafr or nuffarm pl

  1. plural of نَافِر (nāfir, shy, fearful, timid)

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

نَفِرُّ (nafirru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of فَرَّ (farra)

Verb[edit]

نَفِرَّ (nafirra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of فَرَّ (farra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of فَرَّ (farra)

Verb[edit]

نَفِرِّ (nafirri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of فَرَّ (farra)

Etymology 6[edit]

Verb[edit]

نَفِرُ (nafiru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفَرَ (wafara)

Verb[edit]

نَفِرَ (nafira) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَرَ (wafara)

Verb[edit]

نَفِرْ (nafir) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of وَفَرَ (wafara)

References[edit]

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic نَفَر (nafar).

Noun[edit]

نفر (nafarm (plural أنفار (ʔanfār), paucal تنفار (tinfār))

  1. person
    النفر بكام في المطعم؟
    in-nafar bi-kam fi l-maṭʕam
    How much is it per person in the restaurant?

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic نَفَر (nafar).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Vocalised Persian: نَفَر
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Readings
Classical reading? nafar
Dari reading? nafar
Iranian reading? nafar
Tajik reading? nafar

Noun[edit]

Dari نفر
Iranian Persian
Tajik нафар

نفر (nafar)

  1. person
  2. unit
  3. a classifier for counting humans