"alif" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /a.lɪf/ Forms: alifs [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Doublet of aleph. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|أَلِف}} Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif), {{doublet|en|aleph}} Doublet of aleph Head templates: {{en-noun}} alif (plural alifs)
  1. The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ا (ʔalif). Categories (topical): Arabic letter names Related terms: aleph Translations (first letter of the Arabic alphabet): أَلِف (ʔalif) [masculine] (Arabic), ا [symbol] (Arabic), ալեֆ (alef) (Armenian), ալիֆ (alif) (Armenian), əlif (Azerbaijani), а́ліф (álif) [masculine] (Belarusian), আলেফ (aleph) (Bengali), àlif [feminine] (Catalan), 阿利夫 (ālìfu) (Chinese Mandarin), 艾利夫 (àilìfu) (Chinese Mandarin), алип (alip) (Dargwa), alif [masculine] (French), ალეფი (alepi) (Georgian), ალიფი (alipi) (Georgian), Alef [masculine] (German), Alif [masculine] (German), אָלֶף (álef) [feminine] (Hebrew), अलिफ़ (alif) [masculine] (Hindi), अलिफ (aliph) [masculine] (Hindi), अलफ (alaph) [masculine] (Hindi), alef (Indonesian), alif (Indonesian), アリフ (arifu) (Japanese), әлиф (älif) (Kazakh), 알리프 (allipeu) (Korean), алеф (alef) [masculine] (Macedonian), alif (Malay), elîf (Northern Kurdish), الف (alif) [masculine] (Pashto), اَلِف (alef) (Persian), alif (Rohingya), а́лиф (álif) [masculine] (Russian), алеф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), alef [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), алиф (alif) (Tajik), alip (Tausug), elif (Turkish), а́ліф (álif) [masculine] (Ukrainian), اَلِف (alif) [masculine] (Urdu), ئېلىپ (ëlip) (Uyghur), ئەلف (elf) (Uyghur), alif (Uzbek)

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.lif/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-alif.wav Forms: alif [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|ar|أَلِف|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif), {{bor+|fr|ar|أَلِف}} Borrowed from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|#}} alif m (plural alif)
  1. alif (Arabic letter) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Arabic letter names
    Sense id: en-alif-fr-noun-XKd84u-B Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Numeral [Hausa]

IPA: /ʔá.lìf/, [ʔá.lɪ̀ɸ] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: alìf [canonical, feminine]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf). Etymology templates: {{bor|ha|ar|أَلْف}} Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf) Head templates: {{head|ha|numeral|g=f|head=alìf}} alìf f
  1. thousand (principally used in dates) Synonyms: dubū
    Sense id: en-alif-ha-num-Xv3sUtjs Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈa.lif/
Rhymes: -alif Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|ar|أَلِف}} Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif) Head templates: {{it-noun|f|#}} alif f (invariable)
  1. the name of the Arabic-script letter ا Tags: feminine, invariable Categories (topical): Arabic letter names
    Sense id: en-alif-it-noun-d01XFkKb Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Northern Kurdish]

IPA: /ɑːˈlɪf/
Etymology: From Arabic عَلَف (ʕalaf, “forage, provender, feed”). Etymology templates: {{bor|kmr|ar|عَلَف||forage, provender, feed}} Arabic عَلَف (ʕalaf, “forage, provender, feed”) Head templates: {{kmr-noun|m|ar=ئالف}} alif m (Arabic spelling ئالف) Inflection templates: {{kmr-decl-noun|m}} Forms: ئالف [Arabic], no-table-tags [table-tags], alif [definite, masculine, nominative, singular], alif [definite, masculine, nominative, plural], alifê [construct, definite, masculine, singular], alifên [construct, definite, masculine, plural], alifî [definite, masculine, oblique, singular], alifan [definite, masculine, oblique, plural], wî alifî [definite, demonstrative, masculine, oblique, singular], wan alifan [definite, demonstrative, masculine, oblique, plural], alifo [definite, masculine, singular, vocative], alifino [definite, masculine, plural, vocative], alifek [indefinite, masculine, nominative, singular], alifin [indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], alifekî [construct, indefinite, masculine, singular], alifine [construct, indefinite, masculine, plural], alifekî [indefinite, masculine, oblique, singular], alifinan [indefinite, masculine, oblique, plural]
  1. fodder, forage, feed Tags: masculine Derived forms: alif dan, alif kirin

Inflected forms

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      "word": "আলেফ"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kmr-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alif",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifê",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifên",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wî alifî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "demonstrative",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wan alifan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "demonstrative",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifino",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifekî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifekî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alifinan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "ar": "ئالف"
      },
      "expansion": "alif m (Arabic spelling ئالف)",
      "name": "kmr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "kmr-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
  "lang_code": "kmr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Kurdish 2-syllable words",
        "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Northern Kurdish lemmas",
        "Northern Kurdish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Northern Kurdish links with redundant target parameters",
        "Northern Kurdish masculine nouns",
        "Northern Kurdish nouns",
        "Northern Kurdish terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Northern Kurdish terms derived from Arabic",
        "Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fodder, forage, feed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fodder",
          "fodder"
        ],
        [
          "forage",
          "forage"
        ],
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑːˈlɪf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alif"
}

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