alif

English

Alif

Etymology

From Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Doublet of aleph and alpha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɪf/

Noun

alif (plural alifs)

1. The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ا (ʔalif).

Translations

first letter of the Arabic alphabet

• Arabic: أَلِف (ar) m (ʔalif), (symbol) ا (ar)
• Armenian: ալեֆ (alef), ալիֆ (alif)
• Azerbaijani: əlif
• Belarusian: а́ліф m (álif)
• Bengali: আলেফ (aleph)
• Catalan: àlif (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿利夫 (ālìfu), 艾利夫 (àilìfu)

• Dargwa: алип (alip)
• French: alif (fr) m
• Georgian: ალეფი (alepi), ალიფი (alipi)
• German: Alef m, Alif m
• Hebrew: אָלֶף (he) f (álef)
• Hindi: अलिफ़ m (alif), अलिफ m (aliph), अलफ (hi) m (alaph)
• Indonesian: alef, alif (id)
• Japanese: アリフ (arifu)
• Kazakh: әлиф (älif)
• Korean: 알리프 (ko) (allipeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: elîf (ku)

• Macedonian: алеф m (alef)
• Malay: alif (ms)
• Pashto: الف (ps) m (alif)
• Persian: اَلِف (fa) (alef)
• Rohingya: alif
• Russian: а́лиф (ru) m (álif)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алеф m

  Latin: alef m

• Swahili: alifu (sw)
• Tajik: алиф (alif)
• Tashelhit: lif
• Tausug: alip
• Turkish: elif (tr)
• Ukrainian: а́ліф m (álif)
• Urdu: اَلِف (ur) m (alif)
• Uyghur: ئېلىپ (ëlip), ئەلف (elf)
• Uzbek: alif (uz)

See also

• aleph

Anagrams

• -afil, Fail, fail, fila

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lif/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

alif m (invariable)

1. alif (Arabic letter)

Anagrams

• fila

Hausa

Hausa numbers ^(edit)

	1,000
Cardinal: dubū     Arabic-derived cardinal: alìf

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.lìf/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.lɪ̀ɸ]

Numeral

alìf f

1. thousand (principally used in dates)

   Synonym: dubū

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lif/
• Rhymes: -alif
• Hyphenation: à‧lif

Noun

alif f (invariable)

1. the name of the Arabic-script letter ا

Anagrams

• -fila, fila

Northern Kurdish

Central Kurdish	ئاڵف (allif)

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَف (ʕalaf, “forage, provender, feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈlɪf/

Noun

alif m (Arabic spelling ئالف)

1. fodder, forage, feed

Declension

Declension of alif

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	alif	alif
construct	alifê	alifên
oblique	alifî	alifan
demonstrative oblique	wî alifî	wan alifan
vocative	alifo	alifino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	alifek	alifin
construct	alifekî	alifine
oblique	alifekî	alifinan

Derived terms

• alif dan
• alif kirin

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “alif”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif).

Noun

alif (plural aliflar)

1. the Arabic letter ا

Declension

Declension of alif

	singular	plural
nominative	alif	aliflar
genitive	alifning	aliflarning
dative	alifga	aliflarga
definite accusative	alifni	aliflarni
locative	alifda	aliflarda
ablative	alifdan	aliflardan
similative	alifdek	aliflardek

Possessive forms of alif

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	alifim	aliflarim
genitive	alifimning	aliflarimning
dative	alifimga	aliflarimga
definite accusative	alifimni	aliflarimni
locative	alifimda	aliflarimda
ablative	alifimdan	aliflarimdan
similative	alifimdek	aliflarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	alifing	aliflaring
genitive	alifingning	aliflaringning
dative	alifingga	aliflaringga
definite accusative	alifingni	aliflaringni
locative	alifingda	aliflaringda
ablative	alifingdan	aliflaringdan
similative	alifingdek	aliflaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	alifi	aliflari
genitive	alifining	aliflarining
dative	alifiga	aliflariga
definite accusative	alifini	aliflarini
locative	alifida	aliflarida
ablative	alifidan	aliflaridan
similative	alifidek	aliflaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	alifimiz	aliflarimiz
genitive	alifimizning	aliflarimizning
dative	alifimizga	aliflarimizga
definite accusative	alifimizni	aliflarimizni
locative	alifimizda	aliflarimizda
ablative	alifimizdan	aliflarimizdan
similative	alifimizdek	aliflarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	alifingiz	aliflaringiz
genitive	alifingizning	aliflaringizning
dative	alifingizga	aliflaringizga
definite accusative	alifingizni	aliflaringizni
locative	alifingizda	aliflaringizda
ablative	alifingizdan	aliflaringizdan
similative	alifingizdek	aliflaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	alifi	aliflari
genitive	alifining	aliflarining
dative	alifiga	aliflariga
definite accusative	alifini	aliflarini
locative	alifida	aliflarida
ablative	alifidan	aliflaridan
similative	alifidek	aliflaridek