"اصطفاء" meaning in Arabic

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      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: اصطفاء (ıstıfa)"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: ıstıfa"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "اِصْطِفَاء",
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      "form": "iṣṭifāʔ",
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        "romanization"
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        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "الِاصْطِفَاء",
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    },
    {
      "form": "اِصْطِفَاءٌ",
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        "nominative",
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        "nominative",
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اِصْطِفَاءً",
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        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
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        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "الِاصْطِفَاءِ",
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          "_dis": "17 83",
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        "selection, choosing, picking out"
      ],
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        [
          "choosing",
          "choosing"
        ],
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          "picking out",
          "picking out"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/isˤ.tˤi.faːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "اصطفاء"
}

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    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ص ف و",
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      ],
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    },
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    }
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "اِصْطِفَاءٍ",
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        "triptote"
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    },
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          "choosing"
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          "picking out"
        ]
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    }
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}