zarif

See also: Zarif

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ظريف (zarif), from Arabic ظَرِيف (ẓarīf).

Adjective

zarif m or n (feminine singular zarifă, masculine plural zarifi, feminine/neuter plural zarife)

1. great, beautiful

Declension

Declension of zarif

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	zarif		zarifă	zarifi	zarife
	definite	zariful		zarifa	zarifii	zarifele
genitive- dative	indefinite	zarif		zarife	zarifi	zarife
	definite	zarifului		zarifei	zarifilor	zarifelor

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظریف, from Arabic ظَرِيف (ẓarīf).

Adjective

zarif

1. elegant (exhibiting elegance)

   Synonyms: hoş, şirin

Declension

Predicative forms of zarif

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	zarifim	zarif miyim?
sen (you are)	zarifsin	zarif misin?
o (he/she/it is)	zarif / zariftir	zarif mi?
biz (we are)	zarifiz	zarif miyiz?
siz (you are)	zarifsiniz	zarif misiniz?
onlar (they are)	zarif(ler)	zarif(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	zariftim	zarif miydim?
sen (you were)	zariftin	zarif miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	zarifti	zarif miydi?
biz (we were)	zariftik	zarif miydik?
siz (you were)	zariftiniz	zarif miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	zariftiler	zarif miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	zarifmişim	zarif miymişim?
sen (you were)	zarifmişsin	zarif miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	zarifmiş	zarif miymiş?
biz (we were)	zarifmişiz	zarif miymişiz?
siz (you were)	zarifmişsiniz	zarif miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	zarifmişler	zarif miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	zarifsem	zarif miysem?
sen (if you)	zarifsen	zarif miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	zarifse	zarif miyse?
biz (if we)	zarifsek	zarif miysek?
siz (if you)	zarifseniz	zarif miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	zarifseler	zarif miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

References

• “zarif”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zarif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek
	Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic		‍
Latin		zarif‍

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ظَرِيف (ẓarīf).

Adjective

zarif (comparative zarifroq, superlative eng zarif)

1. charming, elegant